ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140821
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| Date: | Thursday 15 April 1943 |
| Time: | 02:50 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE550 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mesnil-Saint-Laurent (Aisne), 5 km southeast of Saint-Quentin -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Karl Kamp of the 7./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 or Do 217 from Juvincourt airfield.
Target: Stuttgart
Call Sign: PT-G
Takeoff time: 21:12
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader F V Taylor RCAF 15177 [Evaded]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Sydney Brown RCAF J/5744 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Pilot Officer John Alexander Simpson RCAF J/17113 [Killed]
Flying Officer G C Crowther RCAF 12975 [Evaded]
Sergeant Hugh Neil McKinnon RAF 623970 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=4185
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 02:58 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 14-Apr-2018 19:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 20:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2024 07:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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