ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53112
Last updated: 5 August 2020
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| Date: | 11-OCT-1941 |
| Time: | 03:25 |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Squadron Royal Air Force (12 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | W5379 |
| C/n / msn: | PH-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near the lighthouse at Haamstede, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
| RAF Binbrook |
Took off from RAF Binbrook at 00:20 hrs for a bombing operation to Köln in Germany.
The aircraft was limping home on one engine and crashed 03:25 hrs at Haamstede. Those who died are buried in Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery:
Plt Off D W D Faint (KIA)
Plt Off W A Wise (POW)
Plt Off G C Frew (KIA)
Sgt K H Price (KIA)
Sgt A J Childs RCAF (KIA)
Sgt W G Morton (POW)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1288&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 156.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-May-2016 16:53 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2017 09:20 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Apr-2020 18:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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