ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205911
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Date: | Tuesday 7 July 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z1576 |
MSN: | GT- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
Location: | Missing - Lann Bihoue 4km NW of Lorient -
France
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Possibly shot down by flak. This was the crew first operational mission with the Squadron.
Crew
Pilot:1264198 Sgt Robin Alered Attwater - Lorient (Kerentrech) Communal Cemetery Plot 62. Row D. Grave 3.
Observer:1263488 Sgt William Henry Leedham - Lorient (Kerentrech) Communal Cemetery Plot 62. Row D. Grave 5.
Wireless Operator:1062388 Sgt Norman Fountain - Lorient (Kerentrech) Communal Cemetery Plot 62. Row D. Grave 4.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1311452 Sgt Norman Rigby Wiltcher - Lorient (Kerentrech) Communal Cemetery Plot 62. Row D. Grave 2.
Air Gunner:953678 Sgt Robert Parker - Lorient (Kerentrech) Communal Cemetery Plot 62. Row D. Grave 6.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 March 1942 |
X3333 |
156 Sqn RAF |
0 |
RAF Alconbury |
|
w/o |
16 April 1942 |
X3697 |
156 Sqn RAF |
6 |
1.5 km W of Vlissegem, De Haan, West Flanders |
|
w/o |
16 April 1942 |
X3417 |
156 Sqn RAF |
6 |
Missing - Bay of Bourgneuf off Pornic |
|
mis |
20 April 1942 |
X3708 |
156 Sqn RAF |
6 |
RAF Warboys |
|
w/o |
30 April 1942 |
Z1571 |
156 Sqn RAF |
5 |
Cne de Gennevilliers |
|
w/o |
19 May 1942 |
X3671 |
156 Sqn RAF |
6 |
Hargnies, Ardennes |
|
w/o |
6 June 1942 |
X3339 |
156 Sqn RAF |
6 |
near Eversael, Rheinberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
|
w/o |
Mid-air collision |
7 June 1942 |
HF918 |
156 Sqn RAF |
5 |
Westerstede, Niedersachsen |
|
w/o |
26 June 1942 |
BJ594 |
156 Sqn RAF |
1 |
Near Southwold |
|
w/o |
28 June 1942 |
Z1619 |
156 Sqn RAF |
5 |
Westrum, Herzlake, Niedersachsen |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Feb-2018 21:59 |
Red Dragon |
Added |
06-Nov-2018 21:28 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
18-Apr-2022 05:56 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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