ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52941
Last updated: 9 March 2021
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| Date: | 27-MAR-1942 |
| Time: | 00:10 |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Squadron Royal Air Force (115 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | X3604 |
| C/n / msn: | KO-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | between the homes of Polweg 1 & 2 at Wichmond, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 19:54 hrs local time for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Over Dieren, the aircraft was attacked by night fighter pilot Leutnant Manfred Meurer of the 9./NJG 1 based at Twente airfield.
The crew all rest in Wichmond cemetery:
Pilot: 18096 Plt Off Geoffrey Gordon Soames - Warnsveld (Wichmond) General Cemetery Plot E. Coll. grave 2-3.
2nd Pilot: 1280951 Sgt Patrick Austen Gwyer Finch - Warnsveld (Wichmond) General Cemetery Plot E. Grave 4.
Observer: 927587 Sgt William Lionel Mogford - Warnsveld (Wichmond) General Cemetery Plot E. Grave 6.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1285545 Sgt Victor Charles Rudkin Baker - Warnsveld (Wichmond) General Cemetery Plot E. Coll. grave 2-3.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 924900 Sgt Alan Burns - Warnsveld (Wichmond) General Cemetery Plot E. Grave 5.
Air Gunner:1257107 Sgt Roy Freak - Warnsveld (Wichmond) General Cemetery Plot E. Coll. grave 2-3.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1461&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
CWGC.
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Mar-2017 11:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2017 20:00 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2017 20:03 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Apr-2020 19:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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