ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53435
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Date: | Saturday 15 February 1941 |
Time: | 23:05 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | T2847 |
MSN: | LS-R |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near a farm at Borculoseweg 36, Barchem, Gelderland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wyton |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft was on an operation to Sterkrade (Germany).
It was coned by searchlights in the Zutphen area and shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Ernst Kalinowski of the 6./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G9+LP from Deelen airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Cyril Bertie Dove RAFVR 89060 (NCO:742937 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 January, 1941) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Paul Mackenzie Smith RAFVR 742581 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Grenville Simpson RAFVR 942030 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant George Fenwick Hurworth RAFVR 751601 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant William Jessop RAF 630868 [PoW]
Crew : Pilot Officer John Edward Russell RAF 45121 (NCO:581303 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 January, 1941) [PoW]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=T2847&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
12-Feb-2019 15:00 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
12-Feb-2019 15:19 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
13-Feb-2019 20:02 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
15-Feb-2024 07:41 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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