ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52904
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| Date: | Sunday 19 April 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3485 |
| MSN: | GT-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury |
8 aircraft of 156 squadron were deployed as part of a larger force of 51 aircraft on a sea mining mission off the Frisian Islands. X3485 was lost and no messages were received from it. Warload 2 X PDM2. Took off 21:07, presumed lost over the sea although both W/Cdr Heath (X3742) and F/Sgt Shilleto (X3695) spotted scattered fire off Ameland which may have been a crashed aircraft. Hampdens of RCAF 420 Squadron also reported seeing flak ships off one of the islands. On 21st April F/S Brady's body was washed up on Ameland and he was buried in Nes General Cemetery there. He received a posthumous DFM 2 days later for service over Koln. The rest of the crew are commemorated in Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
102141 Plt Off Ronald Walter Fox - Runnymede Memorial Panel 69.
405215 Sgt Thomas Brian Ainger RNZAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 117.
926877 Sgt Timothy John Joseph Lyons - Runnymede Memorial Panel 88.
627478 Flt Sgt Cecil Thomas Theobold Brady DFM - Ameland(Nes)General Cemetery Plot D. Row 15. Grave 5.
1325058 Sgt John Munro - Runnymede Memorial Panel 90.
616111 Sgt Douglas Richard Holland - Runnymede Memorial Panel 85.
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1942%20sec_tcm5-7283.pdf
http://www.156squadron.com/display_missionhdr.asp?MissionId=147
http://www.aquatax.ca/Hampden.html
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1488&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 May 1942 | DV715 | 156 Sqn RAF | 5 | off the Lindeseweg road at Vorden, Gelderland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Jul-2015 14:12 | sf | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2017 15:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 19-Apr-2017 15:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 10-Dec-2017 17:40 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 10:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2020 11:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage] |
| 13-Jun-2022 08:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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