ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52726
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| Date: | Friday 3 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:20 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 109 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD605 |
| MSN: | ZP-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zutweg road, Dirkshorn, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall |
Takeoff at 23:00 hrs for a SD / SOE operation.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the 5./NJG 2 - (claim) Dirkshorn north of Alkmaar.
Remains of WO Allison and Sgt Liversuch not found until 1982. Now buried with others at Bergen General Cemetery, Netherlands:
Pilot: Aus/403385 Plt Off Peter Richard Vincent Sullivan RAAF - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1 Row C Grave 23
Co-Pilot:550785 WO William Royden Allison - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1 Row C Grave 25
Navigator:645659 Flt Sgt William Adamson DFM - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row C. Grave 25
Bomb Aimer:1257329 Sgt Richard John Liversuch - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1 Row C Grave 26
Special Operator:1323684 Sgt John Alfred Eyers - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1 Row C Grave 22
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:905930 Flt Sgt Wesley James Garnett PoW Camps 9C/L6/L4, PoW Number 39725.
Air Gunner:973760 Sgt W J Morrison PoW Camps 8B/344, PoW Number 24953
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1673
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
CWGC
Aircraft lost on Allied Force’s Special Duty Operations
http://www.liversuch.ca/raypage.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Mar-2009 11:03 | johnrees | Updated |
| 15-Aug-2012 06:49 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Jul-2017 15:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2018 17:33 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 19:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-May-2020 14:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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