RAF ww2 mok gesneuvelde piloot Vlissingen

Te koop aangeboden zeldzame bierpul voor Wg/Cdr Richard Denis Barry MacFadden DFC. Op 12-02-1942 maakte hij als piloot van een RAF bommenwerper Wellington van 214 squadron een noodlanding in de Noordzee. De bemanning kon zich in een rubberbood redden echter slechts één bemanningslid overleefde. Wg/Cdr Richard Denis Barry MacFadden DFC spoelde aan en ligt begraven in Vlissingen. De mok is schadevrij en voorzien van het embleem van 38 Squadron waar hij waarschijnlijk eerder bij diende. Een foto van MacFadden kon ik vinden op Internet. Zeldzaam stuk. Vaste prijs 325 euro.
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Wellington Mark I C Z1081 BU-B

12 February 1942: Mission targeting warships.
The aircraft was ditched after engine problems while taking part in "Operation Fuller", the attempt to stop the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in their "Channel dash" from Brest back up to Germany. Britain only discovered the breakout once the ships were at sea and heading up the English Channel. Being caught somewhat on the hop, several hundred RAF aircraft went out to try and find and catch them, but the weather was pretty dreadful and most of them never saw anything. The ORB reports that "it was 10/10 cloud, down to 500 feet in most places."

One of the other aircraft reported seeing Z1081 at position approx 52.10N /03.30E, with occasional puffs of black smoke coming from it's port engine. It was seen to be circling (on search patrol?) but did not appear to be losing height at that point. Apparently the aircraft reported engine trouble itself.
It is not clear how many of the crew managed to get in the dinghy but it is known that all but one died, possibly of exposure before they were found. Only Sgt Murray was rescued, just about alive and was taken POW.