ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52572
Last updated: 25 May 2020
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| Date: | 05-SEP-1942 |
| Time: | 04:03 |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 142 Squadron Royal Air Force (142 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | Z1214 |
| C/n / msn: | QT-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km north of Vlieland island -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby |
Took off from RAF Grimsby at 23:57 hrs local time for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Lothar Linke of the 5./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield - (claim) North Sea 10 km north of Vlieland: 2,200m at 04:03.
The bodies of Sgt Balkwill and Flt Sgt Roy were recovered from the sea on 5 September 1942. The body of Sgt Baker was washed up Schiermonnikoog on 19 September 1942:
Pilot: R/84347 Flt Sgt Ian Craigie Lamont RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 105.
Observer: 1391203 Sgt Henry John Balkwill - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery Plot 31 Row C Grave 6.
Observer: 1390119 Sgt Frederick Walter Baker - Schiermonnikoog (Vredenhof) Cemetery Grave 85.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/84376 Flt Sgt Alexander Roy RCAF - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery Plot 31 Row B Grave 11.
Air Gunner: R/75722 WOII Reginald Harley Culp RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 102.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1808
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Sep-2017 14:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 14:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-Jul-2019 16:24 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2020 09:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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