ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52733
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 June 1942 |
| Time: | 03:08 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3539 |
| MSN: | AA-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee S of Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
Takeoff at 23:25 hrs for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the 5./NJG 2 - (claim) Waddensea South of Ameland at 03:08 hrs.
The pilot is missing in action:
Pilot:NZ/411432 Plt Off Walter Jack Monk - Runnymede Memorial Panel 116
Observer:NZ/405454 Sgt Douglas Haig Randle RNZAF -Westdongeradeel (Holwerd) Protestant Cemetery Row 43. Grave 12.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:NZ/411075 Sgt John Gordon George Hegan -Westdongeradeel(Holwerd) Protestant Cemetery Row 43. Grave 13.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:NZ/411087 Sgt Ernest Francis Sydney Moncrief - Westdongeradeel(Holwerd) Protestant Cemetery Row 43. Grave 10.
Air Gunner:NZ/11079 Sgt Murdoch Gordon McGregor -Westdongeradeel (Holwerd) Protestant Cemetery Row 43. Grave 11.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1662
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 June 1942 | Z1573 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | Krabbenkreek water between Oud-Vossemeer - Sint-Annaland; Zeeland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Jun-2017 12:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2018 18:24 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 19:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-May-2020 11:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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