ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52694
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:35 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3312 |
| MSN: | SR-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 2 km west of Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn |
| Duisburg |
Takeoff at 23:40 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by Flak and machine gun fire of the 5./Flak-Regiment 201; crashed into the North Sea.
Three of the crew are missing in action:
Pilot:R/54940 Flt Sgt Edmour Fortin RCAF - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 69. Row E. Grave 15.
Co-Pilot:R/82059 Flt Sgt David Phillips Roberts RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 106
Navigator:924722 Sgt Lsle Douglas Firminger - Runnymede Memorial Panel 83
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1002394 Sgt William Matheson - Noordwijk General Cemetery Plot 1. Joint grave 9. (Washed up near Noordwijk 25 July 1942).
Wireless operator/Air Gunner:931913 Sgt George Charles Morffew - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 69. Row E. Grave 14.
Air Gunner:947742 Sgt Eric Albert Thomas - Runnymede Memorial Panel 95
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1702&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 February 1942 | X3663 | 101 Sqn RAF | 0 | 1 mile South of RAF Abingdon |  |
w/o |
| 16 April 1942 | X3696 | 101 Sqn RAF | 6 | Lutrebois, Luxembourg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jul-2017 09:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2018 20:57 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-May-2020 17:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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