ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203471
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| Date: | Saturday 16 May 1942 |
| Time: | 03:42 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3482 |
| MSN: | AA-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea southwest of Sylt island; Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
| operation - Gardening (mine-laying) |
Coned by the Marine-Scheinwerfer-Abteilung 264, hit by light Flak of the 2./leichte Flak-Abteilung 836; crashed into the sea off Sylt.
The crew were initially buried in the Westerland Friedhof. After the war they were reinterred in Kiel War Cemetery:
Pilot: NZ403437 Sgt Myles Frederick Gordon Fraser RNZAF - Kiel War Cemetery 3. E. 10.
Navigator: NZ402221 Flt Sgt Albert Ivan Smith - Kiel War Cemetery 3. E. 9.
Wireless Operator:1257377 Sgt John Owen Henry Nichols - Kiel War Cemetery 3. B. 11
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1166184 Sgt Stanley Alfred George Shaw - Kiel War Cemetery Joint grave 3. B. 11.
Air Gunner: NZ404107 Sgt Norman Edward Whiting RNZAF - Kiel War Cemetery 3. B. 10.
Sources:
75 Squadron Association
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 December 1940 | R3211 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 0 | Goudswaard, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Dec-2017 22:13 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 27-Oct-2018 19:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-May-2022 12:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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