ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52763
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:56 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 10 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | BD201 |
| MSN: | ZG-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wervershoof - Andijk; Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Abingdon |
| Bremen |
Takeoff at 22:54 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Helmut Lent & Feldwebel Walter Kubisch of the Stab II./NJG 2, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 R4+AC from Leeuwarden airfield.
The survivors were all taken prisoner of war:
Pilot:1194955 Sgt Norman Rennison Parsons PoW
Observer:656266 Sgt James Glover Moriarty PoW
Bomb Aimer:48110 Fg Off Reginald Van Toen PoW S
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:522113 Sgt George Ewen - killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:546817 Flt Sgt George McBain Harris PoW
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1646
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
http://aircrewremembered.com/parsons-norman-rennison.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Jun-2017 12:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2018 17:29 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2018 16:50 | Simon | Updated [Cn, Destination airport] |
| 04-May-2020 09:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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