ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214654
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| Date: | Thursday 21 January 1943 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | BJ966 |
| MSN: | PT-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea probably off Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Possibly shot down by night fighter pilot Major Helmut Lent of the Stab IV./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 'G9+AF' from Leeuwarden airfield. The aircraft was on a Gardening (mine-laying) operation off the Frisian island chain.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Steve John Gergley RCAF R/114715 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Clifford Alexander Dunphy RCAF R/101556 [Killed]
Crew : Warrant Officer Class II Charles William Hollingshead RCAF R/86757 [Killed]
Crew : Flying Officer Ewald George Kendel RCAF J/10426 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Alvin Gustav Olsen RCAF R/95308 [Killed]
Crew : Flight Sergeant Ronald Hanson Welsh RCAF R/79382 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
420 Sqn RCAF wartime records from RCAF/DND Canada archives
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BJ966
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1531248
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2018 06:56 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 09-Oct-2018 20:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2022 14:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 03-Aug-2022 19:20 | tachel | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jan-2024 08:08 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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