ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140838
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| Date: | Sunday 11 April 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE213 |
| MSN: | SE-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, ca. 5 km SW of the Channel Island of Jersey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Burn, North Yorkshire |
Wellington HE213 T/o at 23:15hrs 10 April 1943 from RAF Burn for raid on FRANKFURT. Ditched roughly 3 miles SW of the Channel Island of Jersey after calling for help. 11.4.1943
Crew:
F/Sgt (R/135580) George Arnold BOOTH (AG) RCAF - killed
Sgt (591390) Abraham HOLDEN (Obs.) RAF - killed
Sgt (657234) Walter Edwin BIDMEAD (pilot) RAF - POW
Sgt (1380047) Leonard Charles BOLKE (AG) RAFVR - POW
Sgt (657064) E.A. ODLING (Wop/AG) RAF - POW
Sources:
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
ORB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 09:53 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 05-Jan-2021 11:04 | Giggs | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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