ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52823
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| Date: | Saturday 6 June 1942 |
| Time: | 00:34 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV812 |
| MSN: | GT-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer south of Hoorn, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury |
Takeoff at 23:00 hrs for an operation against the steel-producing town of Essen in Germany.
Outward-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.
Crew:
Pilot:1066764 Sgt. Walter Thompson - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row C. Grave 8. (Washed up at Schellinkhout (Noord-Holland) 14 June 1942)
Observer:1253490 Sgt Thomas Whelan - Runnymede Memorial Panel 96
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1261842 Sgt John Charles Mason - Runnymede Memorial Panel 89
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/75636 Sgt William Pereira RCAF - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 85. Row B. Grave 13.
Air Gunner:974024 Sgt. Stanley Alexander Marr Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row C. Grave 7. (Washed up on Hoorn 10 June 1942)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1579&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Jun-2017 10:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2018 18:07 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 21:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2020 14:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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