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| Date: | Thursday 2 April 1942 |
| Time: | 03:33 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W5395 |
| MSN: | PH-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | woods at Sainte-Opportune-la-Mare, Eure département, Normandie -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Took off at 23:05 from RAF Binbrook. Shot down while homebound by flak and crashed into a wood at Ste-Opporttune-la-Mare (Seine-Maritime) 6 km S of Quillebeuf-sur-Seine France.
Crew.
Pilot: 1057378 Sgt J Woodhead PoW - Camp 344 Lamsdorf PoW Number 24807.
1380226 Sgt N D Catt PoW - Camp 344 Lamsdorf PoW Number 24817.
Navigator: 100048 Plt Off Derek John Perdue - Evaded.(See below)
Wireless Operator: 1063501 Sgt D S Hutchinson PoW- Camp L3 Sagan & Belaria PoW Number 24832.
Air Gunner: 1111508 Sgt Andrew Hutton. PoW - Camp L3 Sagan & Belaria PoW Number 24830.
Air Gunner: 626084 Sgt J McG Wintrup. PoW - Camp 344 Lamsdorf PoW Number 24798.
Plt Off D J Perdue
Hidden and cared for 4 and a half months - Escaped Operation Bluebottle II - HMS Tarana - beach St-Pierre-sur Narbonne night of 15/16 October 1942. Escape report WO 208/3310/839. (French Crashed 39-45.
Sources:
RAF Prisoners of War
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Nov-2017 14:20 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2020 16:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source] |
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