ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203966
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:35 claim |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8533 |
| MSN: | PH-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Molenbeersel, Kinrooi, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Takeoff at 23:44 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Siegfried Wandam of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands; crashed Molenbeersel (Limburg), 10 km ENE of Bree.
Those who did not survive rest at Heverlee War Cemetery:
Pilot:404819 Flt Sgt Harold Edgar Dimmock RAAF - Heverlee War Cemetery 7. J. 4.
Observer: Sgt Reginald Cecil Cushway - Heverlee War Cemetery 7. J. 5.
Bomb Aimer:1163127 Sgt D V Smith PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 528
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:111252 Plt Off D W O’D King PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 228368.
Air Gunner: Sgt Robinson Ferguson - Heverlee War Cemtery 7. J. 6.
Sources:
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z8533
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 April 1942 | Z8398 | 12 Sqn RAF | 5 | Hemmerwurth, Hemme, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 3 July 1942 | Z8579 | 12 Sqn RAF | 3 | farm at the Ampsenseweg 4, Lochem, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2018 16:45 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 19-Oct-2018 14:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-Apr-2020 16:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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