ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52471
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| Date: | Monday 9 November 1942 |
| Time: | 22:55 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 150 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3310 |
| MSN: | JN-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bornwird - Raard; Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington |
Takeoff at 17:30 hrs for a bombing operation against Hamburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 12./NJG 1, who was flying a Dornier Do 215 B-5 from Leeuwarden airfield.
All six crew rest in the Jonkerbos war cemetery, Gelderland:
Pilot / F/Sgt. D.V. Prosser R/104801 RCAF
Second Pilot / Sgt. G.G. Golding 1331870 RAF
Navigator / F/O. D.J. MacPherson J/10329 RCAF
Bomb Aimer / Sgt. W. Hurrell 1525184 RAF
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. I. McLachlan 1055930 RAF
Rear Gunner / F/Sgt. H.V. Thompson R/93193 RCAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1905&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 August 1941 | R1016 | 150 Sqn RAF | 1 | IJsselmeer 2 km W of Workum, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 6 May 1942 | X3407 | 150 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea probably off Texel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 14 July 1942 | X3797 | 150 Sqn RAF | 3 | Tannington Suffolk |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Nov-2017 07:29 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 08-Nov-2017 14:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2017 14:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 19:17 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 02-Nov-2020 18:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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