ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52517
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| Date: | Friday 2 October 1942 |
| Time: | 22:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | BK269 |
| MSN: | VR-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oosterheide heath between Odiliapeel - Oosterens; Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft |
On October 2nd 1942 the aircraft Wellington BK269 with call sign VR-C crashed 1 km east of Oosterens and a couple of hundred metres south of airfield Volkel NL after being attacked by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Hans-Dieter Frank and Unteroffizier Erich Gotter, who had taken off from Venlo airfield in a Bf 110 F-4.
The bomber had taken off at 18:19 hrs local time for an operation against Krefeld in Germany.
Five of six crew members died in the crash:
Pilot / W/O. I S.V. Stowe R/87673 RCAF / Uden War Cemetery; grave 4 B 5
Second Pilot / F/Sgt. H.S. Sveinson R/107046 RCAF / Uden War Cemetery; grave 4 B 2
Navigator / F/O. A.B. Morlidge J/9762 RCAF / Uden War Cemetery; grave 4 B 6
Bomb Aimer / Sgt. N. Nelan R/79214 RCAF / prisoner of war
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / F/O. H.J. Stuart J/9289 RCAF / Uden War Cemetery; grave 4 B 4
Rear Gunner / F/Sgt. H.D. Price R/79132 RCAF / Uden War Cemetery; grave 4 B 3
One hour earlier that day at 21.31 h. Oberleutnant Hans Dieter Frank shot down the Short Stirling R9167 (Code OJ-N) over Sevenum/Kronenberg. All seven crew members died in the crash.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1862
Neergestorte vliegtuigen in Uden, Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 May 1942 | X3717 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Oggersheim, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-May-2017 15:04 | Piet Snellen | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2017 17:08 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2017 20:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2018 12:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2020 08:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2020 08:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
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