ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52584
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| Date: | Friday 28 August 1942 |
| Time: | 02:10 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3802 |
| MSN: | PH-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nieuweweg 58, Poeldijk; Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Operation - Kassel, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Karl Theodor Hülshoff of the Stab/NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield - (claim) between Poeldijk and Loosduinen: 2,000m at 02:10; crashed in the garden of Mr Giezman at the Nieuweweg 58 in Poeldijk on the southwest outskirts of Den Haag, (Zuid-Holland).
Those who did not survive rest in Den Haag cemetery:
Pilot Sgt. D.S. McNeil 1312485 RAF / grave 2 30
Navigator Sgt. A. Mills 1377603 RAF / grave 2 31
Bomb Aimer Sgt. F.G.E. Pierson 1318724 RAF / grave 2 29
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. C.R. Podmore 402538 RAAF / grave 2 32
Rear Gunner Sgt. E. Gershater R/59445 RCAF / prisoner of war
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=X3802&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Aug-2017 10:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2017 10:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Oct-2018 18:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 10-Jul-2019 18:43 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2020 08:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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