ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140856
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| Date: | Monday 27 September 1943 |
| Time: | 23:12 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE817 |
| MSN: | QO-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schulenburger Landstraße street, Hannover, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skipton-on-Swale, North Yorkshire |
Wellington HE817 Took off 19:38 hrs (local time) from RAF Skipton-on-Swale for raid on Hannover.
The aircraft was shot down by Oberfähnrich Siegfried König of the 9./NJG 3, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Stade airfield.
Note: coned by searchlights.
Crew:
P/O Stanley Kyle ATKINSON (J/18229) pilot RCAF - killed
F/Sgt Irvine Charles Randolph BOWDEN (621553) pilot RAF - killed
P/O Alfred William CHUBB (155352) Wop/AG RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt Leo Frederick COOK (R/144405) nav. RCAF - killed
M/Sgt Shelton Celvin BYBEE (1239660) AG USAAF - POW
Sgt William Alexander GRANT (R/116118) A/B RCAF - POW
Sources:
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
ORB 432 Sqdn RCAF
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HE817&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://ww2.dk/air/njagd/njg3.htm
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 July 1943 | LN285 | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Bois l'Abbé woods, municipality Sains-du-Nord, Nord |  |
w/o |
| 26 July 1943 | HE514 | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF | 0 | in English Channel off Cromer |  |
w/o |
| Ditching | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 10:57 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 08-Jan-2012 08:33 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 07-Jan-2021 11:51 | DG333 | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Jul-2021 15:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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