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[Lucky13]

Date: Friday 13 March 1942
Time: Evening
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/Operator: 460 Sqn RAAF
Registration: Z1251
MSN: UV-X
Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: Sint-Joris, Nieuwpoort, West Flanders - Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Breighton
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Took off at 19:34 hrs (local time) for an operation against Dunkerque in France.

Hit at Nieuwpoort. The bomber exploded in a swampy area near the stone bakery Florizoone at the rural coastal municipality of Sint-Joris. The hull of the machine was deep in the ground and the broken tail was more or less intact. The tail gunner sat lifeless in his dome. Inside the wreckage were the bodies of the other five crew members, some of whom were severely maimed.
In order to be able to recover the bodies from the wreckage, the aircraft remains had to be lifted from the ground. The Germans appealed to Leon Decoster, who had to do the job with the farmer Devisch's horses. The victims were caught on the spot and ordered buried the same day at the municipal cemetery in Sint-Joris.

Crew:-
Pilot - Flt Sgt Patrick John Denis Cooney RNZAF NZ/403951- St Joris Communal Cemetery Grave 10.
2nd Pilot - Sgt John Sivyer Turnock RAAF Aus/404688 - St Joris Communal Cemetery Grave 6
Observer - Sgt Ian Eric Hart RAAF Aus/400413 - St Joris Communal Cemetery Grave 8
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner - Sgt George Norman Winter RAFVR 989226 - St Joris Communal Cemetery Grave 7.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner - Sgt Jack Woodward RAFVR 1359686- St Joris Communal Cemetery Grave 9.
Air Gunner - Sgt William Allan Pascoe RAAF Aus/1380051 - St Joris Communal Cemetery Grave 5.

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Friday 13 March 1942
Time:
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/Operator: 311 Sqn RAF
Registration: R1802
MSN: KX-P
Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Aircraft missing
Location: Lost without trace -
Phase: Unknown
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF East Wretham
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Due to frost the aircraft made a landing in the North Sea. A search was commenced unfortunately no trace of the aircraft was found.

Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Jiri Fina RAFVR 787403 [Killed]
Pilot Officer Josef Frantisek Cibulka RAFVR 66491 [Killed]
Flight Lieutenant Jaroslav Kula RAFVR 82615 [Killed]
Sergeant Alois Wellington Meznik RAFVR 787866 [Killed]
Sergeant Frantisek Raiskup RAFVR 787876 [Killed]
Sergeant Oldrich Soukop RAFVR 787489 [Killed]

All are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Sunday 29 March 1942
Time: 02:09 claim
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/Operator: 109 Sqn RAF
Registration: X9913
MSN: ZP-?
Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Aircraft missing
Location: sea - Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Stradishall
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Operation - Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein.
The aircraft was hit by Flak of two Marine-Flak-Abteilungen based in Schleswig-Holstein.
Lost without trace. 109 Squadron. Its new role was to aid in the development of the Oboe navigation aid, and then when Oboe was ready to introduce it to service.

Pilot: 100639 Plt Off Gordon James Maygothling - Runnymede Memorial Panel 70 (NCO:1269940 Commission Gazetted : Friday 01 August, 1941)
2nd Pilot: 404933 Francis John Cassells RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 112.
Observer: J/6161 Plt Off Leo Joseph Convey RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 100
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 404478 Sgt Frank Graham Bower RAAF: Runnymede Memorial Panel 112.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 106075 Plt Off Richard James Cussen : Runnymede Memorial Panel 69 (NCO:1310142 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 October, 1941)
Air Gunner: 535972 Flt Sgt Ronald Arthur Walker - Runnymede Memorial Panel 76.
Special Equipment Operator: 1305046 LAC Robert Frank Rendell - Runnymede Memorial Panel 97.
Special Equipment Operator: 67252 Plt Off Basil Elgar Percy Sadler - Runnymede Memorial Panel 71 (NCO:905505 Commission Gazetted : Friday 20 June, 1941)

P/O Maygothling's father, S/L George John Maygothling, died on active service on 20 Nov 1940. MAYGOTHLING, George John (10125) : Squadron Leader. Age 52. (RAF). Killed 20/11/40; Harrow Cemetery, United Kingdom Sec 33 Grave Son of George and Rose Maygothling; Husband of Emily Beatrice Maygothling of Findon Valley, Worthing, Sussex.

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Monday 13 April 1942
Time: 02:08
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/Operator: 304 (Ziemia Slaska) Sqn RAF
Registration: X9687
MSN: NZ-
Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: Gleuel, Hürth, Nordrhein-Westfalen - Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Lindholme
Destination Airport: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Narrative: The aircraft was hit by heavy Flak and crashed.

Pilot: P-0641 Plt Off Walery Misiakiewicz PoW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 779
Pilot: 782686 Sgt Marian Jan Bratkowski PoW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe) PoW Number 140.
Observer: P-0999 Flt Lt Edward Jerzy Młynarski - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 27. G. 10.
Wireless Operator: 780233 Flt Sgt Władysław Stanisław Graczyk PoW Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang. PoW Number 158.
Air Gunner: 780059 Sgt Marian Ludwik Niewolski PoW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe) PoW Number 260
Air Gunner: 781760 Sgt Jan Ludwik Broda PoW Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang. PoW Number 141.

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Monday 13 April 1942
Time: 01:02
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk II
Owner/Operator: 158 Sqn RAF
Registration: W5358
MSN: NP-T
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: Greesbergstr. 18 , Köln-Innenstadt, Nordrhein-Westfalen - Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Driffield
Destination Airport: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Narrative: Coned by 3/Res Flakscheinw Abt 159. Hit by 1-3/Res Flak Abt 351 and 2/Res Flak Abt 514. Crashed into the Griesbergstrabe number 2 at Koln-Niehl at 01:02. All the crew were made PoW's.

Crew:
404911 Plt Off P D McMillan RNZAF PoW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 123.
NZ/401760 Plt Off W H J Griffiths RNZAF PoW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 627.
1252150 Sgt M F Mulvey PoW Luft 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 174.
1375642 Sgt S F G Clayton PoW Luft 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 145.
997181 Sgt V D McKernan PoW Luft 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 170.

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Monday 13 April 1942
Time: 01:39
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/Operator: 9 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3722
MSN: WS-
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: Moers-Vinn, Nordrhein-Westfalen - Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Honington, Suffolk
Destination Airport: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Narrative: Coned by 12 & 13/III/Flak Regt 26. Hit by 1/schw Res Flak Abt 401 and 3/schw Res Flak Abt 401 (Grossbatterie). Aircraft crashed near Moers-Vinn at 01:39

Crew:
Pilot: 1190622 Sgt Frederick Davidson DFM - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 26. G. 9.
Pilot: 1254402 Sgt Cyril John Riley-Hawkins - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 26. G. 10.
Observer: 912519 Sgt Thomas Ralph Mildon - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 26. G. 11.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 999235 Sgt Carl Vincent Williams - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 26. G. 12.
Wireless operator/Air Gunner: 912226 Sgt Denis Riddel Burns - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 26. G. 13.
Air Gunner: 1378221 Sgt H James PoW Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang. PoW Number 163.

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Monday 13 April 1942
Time: 02:07
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk II
Owner/Operator: 158 Sqn RAF
Registration: W5525
MSN: NP-V
Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: near Budberg, Rheinberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen - Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Driffield
Destination Airport: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Narrative: The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy Flak.
The crew all rest at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery:

Pilot: 44779 Sqn Ldr Wilfred Morgan Protheroe - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 29. E. 2 (NCO:564957 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 19 November, 1940)
Pilot: 104529 Plt Off Graham Peter Elliott - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 29. E. 5 (Commission Gazetted : Friday 19 September, 1941)
Navigator:402441 Sgt Colin Raymond Harper RAAF- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 29. E. 3..
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 991501 Sgt Frank Swinburn - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 29. E. 4.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1162024 Sgt Ralph Harry Crews - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 29. E. 1.
Air Gunner: 969454 Sgt William Macthett Mahaffy - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 29. E. 6

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Monday 13 April 1942
Time: 02:48
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/Operator: 301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1252
MSN: GR-T
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: Decoy airfield at Crostwick, Norfolk, England - United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Written off after force landing at a decoy airfield site at Crostwick, 2 miles NW of Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk.

Crew:
Pilot: P-0678 Fg Off Jerzy Goldhaar
Pilot: P-2477 / 782882 Sgt Józef Adolf Stephani
Pilot: P-0257 Fg Off Zbigniew Kazimierz Staerz
Pilot: 783719 Sgt Józef Tadeusz Piasecki
WOp:792054 Sgt Zdzisław Zygmunt Twarkowski
AG: 784094 Sgt Ludomir Lucjan Marian Lasocki

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Monday 13 April 1942
Time: 01:53
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/Operator: 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1213
MSN: BH-H
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: Boekel - Venhorst; Noord-Brabant - Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Takeoff at 21:43 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Dieter Frank of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
The five who did not survive rest at Eindhoven:

Pilot: P780146 Sgt Wladyslaw Zalejko - +
Co-Pilot: P782926 Sgt Jan Alojzy Kuczak - PoW
Navigator: P1336 Fg Off Poitr Pajer - +
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: P784864 Sgt Wladyslaw Strzelczyk - +.
Wireless Operator: P781601 Sgt Konrad Lubojanski - +
Air Gunner: P783597 Sgt Josef Balucki - +

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Monday 13 April 1942
Time: 03:15
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/Operator: 115 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3596
MSN: KO-B
Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Famage: Destroyed
Location: IJsselmeer 3.5 km W of Urk, Overijssel - Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Takeoff at 22:57 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf of the 7./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield.
The crew all rest at Amsterdam:

Pilot: 1376202 Sgt Albert Ernest Holder - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 85. Row D. Grave 12.
Pilot: NZ404994 Sgt Noel Hensley Blair - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 85. Row D. Grave 13.
Observer: 106537 Plt Off Ronald William Barlow - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 85. Row D. Grave 15 (NCO:934276 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 October, 1941)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1151893 Sgt Kenneth John Raiswell Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 85. Row C. Grave 13.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 977631 Sgt Thomas James Phillips - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 85. Row D. Grave 11.
Air Gunner: 621697 Sgt Thomas Ryan - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 85. Row D. Grave 14.

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Monday 13 April 1942
Time: Night
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk Ic
Owner/Operator: 103 Sqn RAF
Registration: W5664
MSN: PM-H
Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Aircraft missing
Location: North Sea - Atlantic Ocean
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Elsham Wolds
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Takeoff at 21:13 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Possibly, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Dr. Horst Patuschka of the 7./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88C from Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands.
The tail gunner rests at Vlissingen in Zeeland, the Netherlands:

Pilot: 43533 Flt Lt Robert Gillespie - Runnymede Memorial Panel 65 (Commission Gazetted : Monday 13 May, 1940)
Pilot: 404932 Fg Off Ray Wilmott Brown RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 109
Navigator: 1163761 Sgt Frank White - Runnymede Memorial Panel 96
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1051595 Sgt Edward Ernest Fairhurst - Runnymede Memorial Panel 82
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1254452 Sgt Cerris Moseley - Runnymede Memorial Panel 90
Air Gunner: 110043 Flt Sgt Duncan Campbell - Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery Row C. Grave 2.

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Monday 13 April 1942
Time: 02:08
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/Operator: 304 (Ziemia Slaska) Sqn RAF
Registration: X9687
MSN: NZ-
Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: Gleuel, Hürth, Nordrhein-Westfalen - Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Lindholme
Destination Airport: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Narrative: The aircraft was hit by heavy Flak and crashed.

Pilot: P-0641 Plt Off Walery Misiakiewicz PoW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 779
Pilot: 782686 Sgt Marian Jan Bratkowski PoW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe) PoW Number 140.
Observer: P-0999 Flt Lt Edward Jerzy Młynarski - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 27. G. 10.
Wireless Operator: 780233 Flt Sgt Władysław Stanisław Graczyk PoW Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang. PoW Number 158.
Air Gunner: 780059 Sgt Marian Ludwik Niewolski PoW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe) PoW Number 260
Air Gunner: 781760 Sgt Jan Ludwik Broda PoW Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang. PoW Number 141.

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Monday 13 April 1942
Time: 02:48
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/Operator: 301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1252
MSN: GR-T
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: Decoy airfield at Crostwick, Norfolk, England - United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Written off after force landing at a decoy airfield site at Crostwick, 2 miles NW of Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk.
Crew
Pilot: P-0678 Fg Off Jerzy Goldhaar
Pilot: P-2477 / 782882 Sgt Józef Adolf Stephani
Pilot: P-0257 Fg Off Zbigniew Kazimierz Staerz
Pilot: 783719 Sgt Józef Tadeusz Piasecki
WOp:792054 Sgt Zdzisław Zygmunt Twarkowski
AG: 784094 Sgt Ludomir Lucjan Marian Lasocki

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Thursday 7 May 1942
Time: 02:53
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/Operator: 460 Sqn RAAF
Registration: Z1413
MSN: UV-X
Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: Le Rond Bois, Trélon, département du Nord - France
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Breighton
Destination Airport: operation - Stuttgart, Germany
Narrative: Claimed by Oblt Reinhold Eckardt 7./NJG3(detached III./NJG4) - 8km West of Trelon at 02:53. In a later statement by Plt Off Train (POW) he said "The aircraft was shot down at approx 0250 hours on 7/5/1942 at a position approx 10 miles south east of Maubeuge. All other members of the crew left the aircraft safely. I was last out at about 1000-2000 feet with Fg Off Kennedy still at the controls although preparing to leave. He did not say that he was then wounded although there was a hole in the perspex in front of him. When my parachute opened the aircraft was burning on the ground. The Germans picked me up about 36 hours later and took me to the scene of the crash. The remains of one of the crew was still in the wreckage. He later was told by Plt Off Ferry that the remains were
buried at Maubeuge." Sgt Stephenson (POW) said " Fg Off Kennedy was killed when the aircraft, of which he was
Captain, crashed in a wood approx 15kms from the village of Eppe le Sauvage in France, near the Belgium border."
In his statement Plt Off Ferry (POW) also stated "Kennedy was doing a magnificent job at the controls and this factor undoubtedly enabled the lives of the rest of the crew to be saved. Ferry also reported "the aircraft was attacked by an ME110 and the port engine and wing was set on fire. The Captain ordered the crew to bale out and the crew
acknowledged. The Captain was unable to bale out and he crashed with the aircraft. The aircraft was at 1200 feet and in a shallow dive when I baled out. It crashed near Eppe le Sauvage, France. I was four days at large and then betrayed by a French farmer and captured by the French police."

Crew:
Pilot:402362 Fg Off William joseph Kennedy RAAF - Avesnes-Sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery Row AA. Coll. grave 5-8. (The collective gave contains those who died on 7 Sqn Stirling N3710 MG-M 6 May 1942)
Pilot:406130 Plt Off Ian Frederick Keys RAAF - Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 7777
Observer:402913 Plt Off Henry Roland Train RAAF - Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 782.
Bomb Aimer:402527 Sgt S H Sharp RNZAF - Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria PoW Number 88.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 402762 Sgt Jack Mitchell Stephenson RAAF - -Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 94
Air Gunner:406089 Plt Off Roderick Roland Ferry RAAF - Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 768.

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Sunday 31 May 1942
Time: 01:00 approx
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/Operator: 109 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1113
MSN: ZP-U
Fatalities: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: near Jackerath, Titz, Nordrhein-Westfalen - Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Stradishall
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Takeoff at 23:00 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Brinkhaus & Unteroffizier Keil of the 4./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 E-1 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium. Claim - Jackerath 35km NW Koln: 4,000m at 00:50.

The surviving crew members were taken prisoner of war.

Crew:
1167388 Sgt Thomas Balfour Day Eddy PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 407.
922357 Flt Sgt John W Austin PoW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 390.
R/65366 Sgt Ttacy Gpreham Harding Hatfield RCAF PoW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 39649.
Wireless Operator:1071410 Sgt Roy Alexander Currie - Rheinberg War Cemetery 2. A. 12.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1051612 Sgt David Miller - Rheinberg War Cemetery 2. A. 13.
Air Gunner:905332 Flt Henry Herbert Witts - Rheinberg War Cemetery 2. A. 14.

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Sunday 21 June 1942
Time: 01:45
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/Operator: 9 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3713
MSN: WS-J
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: near Leenstertillen, Leens, Groningen prv - Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Honington, Suffolk
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Takeoff at 23:45 hrs for an operation to Emden in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the 5./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield - (claim) Leens 20 km NW of Groningen at 01:45 hrs. Aircraft was named "Jane".
All five rest at Leens:

Pilot:37770 Wg Cdr Leslie Vidal James DFC - Leens General Cemetery De Marne Row 14. Grave 2.
Observer:R/70976 Flt Sgt Arthur Dunham Adair RCAF - Leens General Cemetery De Marne Row 14. Grave 4.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:103529 Plt Off John David Baxter DFM - Leens General Cemetery de Marne Row 14. Grave 3. (NCO:759200 Commission Gazetted : Friday 12 September, 1941)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:114155 Plt Off Alfred Victor Brooks - Leens General Cemetery De Marne Row 14. Grave 1. (NCO:755190 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 January, 1942)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:629164 Sgt Jack Brown - Leens General Cemetery De Marne Row 14. Grave 5.

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Friday 26 June 1942
Time: 02:30
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/Operator: 11 OTU RAF
Registration: X3213
MSN: KJ-L
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: Aschhauserfeld, Bad Zwischenahn, Niedersachsen - Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Steeple Morden
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Operation - third 1000 bomber raid - target / Bremen.
The aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) and light (leichte) Flak; crashed at Aschhauserfeld.

Pilot: 969489 Flt Sgt Robert Holden - killed
Observer: R/82332 Sgt Robert Neil Urquhart RCAF - killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 941198 Sgt Cyril Thomas Raynes Matthewman - killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: NZ/41601 Sgt Leonard Allen Mitchell RNZAF - killed
Air Gunner: NZ/403571 Sgt Victor Arthur Bullecourt Falk RNZAF - killed

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Monday 13 July 1942
Time: 00:47
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/Operator: 460 Sqn RAAF
Registration: Z1328
MSN: UV-U
Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Aircraft missing
Location: North Sea 3-4 km north of Norderney, Niedersachsen (claim location) - Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Breighton
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Takeoff at 22:35 hrs for a Gardening (mine-laying) operation off the Frisian island chain.
The aircraft was hit by heavy Flak of the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 226 (Norderney) and crashed in flames. No trace of the missing aircraft was found. All of the crew are missing in action:

Pilot: Aus/407534 Sgt Alan Lipson Moyle RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 113.
2nd Pilot: Aus/404948 Sgt Frederick Charles Brayne RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 112.
Observer: Aus/402551 Sgt Raymond John Bruce Sharkey RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 113.
Observer: Aus/404950 Sgt Thomas David Belford RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 112.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Aus/403785 Sgt Ronald John Perry RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 113.
Air Gunner: Aus/407844 Sgt Lenard Charles Underwood Dreyer RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 112.

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Thursday 13 August 1942
Time: 01:12
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/Operator: 460 Sqn RAAF
Registration: Z1404
MSN: UV-J
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: Eisden, Maasmechelen, Limburg - Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Takeoff at 22:08 hrs local time for an operation to Mainz in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Hans Autenrieth & Unteroffizier Rudolf Adam of the Stab II./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+AC from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.

All five crew members rest in the Heverlee War Cemetery at Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant.

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Thursday 27 August 1942
Time: 23:25
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/Operator: 156 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1613
MSN: GT-T
Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: near Elsendorp, Noord-Brabant - Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Warboys
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Took off from RAF Warboys at 20:39 hrs local time for an operation to Kassel in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield - (claim) Gemert 10 km north of Helmond (5B): 5,800m at 23:25; crashed near Elsendorp 20 km NNE of Helmond.
All six rest in the Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery:

Pilot: 130067 Plt Off John William Longhurst - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 113.
Pilot: NZ/412201 Plt Off Robert William Byers RNZAF - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 112.
Observer: 130722 Plt Off Noel Millidge - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 115.
Observer: NZ/412363 Flt Sgt. Jams William Stuart 412363 RNZAF Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 147.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 910946 Sgt Archibald Charles Blogg - Eindhoven (Woensel)
General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 114.
Air Gunner: 1111867 Sgt Hugh Richard Skinner - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 120.