ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204077
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:40 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | Z1249 |
| MSN: | UV-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Deulken -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton |
It was established post war that the aircraft was shot down at 01:40 Deulken near the town of Muenchengladbach about 20 miles west of Dusseldorf. The aircraft exploded and wreckage was scattered over a wide area. All the crew were killed instantly. German documents revealed that they removed the remains of the crew for burial, but a post war search for their graves was unsuccessful. The names of the crew are recorded on the Runnymede Memorial to the Missing, Surrey, UK, as having no known grave.
Crew
Pilot:402910 Flt Sgt Solomon Levitus RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 111.
Observer:400524 Flt Sgt Hugh Rowell Brodie - Runnymede Memorial Panel 111.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:405020 Sgt James Albert Gaiter - Runnymede Memorial Panel 112.
Air Gunner:R/69516 Flt Sgt Robert George Dunlop Read RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 106.
Air Gunner:1051659 Sgt Tom Gordon Prentis Townsend - Runnymede Memorial Panel 95.
Sources:
http://aircrewremembered.com/levitus-solomon.html
460 SQUADRON RAAF, WORLD WAR 2 FATALITIES.
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2018 16:19 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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