ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302562
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | 16:20 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Hudson Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE910 |
| MSN: | YH-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Abbeville-Drucat airfield. -
 France
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Methwold, Norfolk |
Ventura AE910/Y: Took off at 15:08 hrs for a mission to Abbeville-Drucat airfield, France. 22/06/1943
Crashed on an attack on a gun position near Abbeville-Drucat airfield. The aircraft was shot down by flak at around 16:20hrs.
Crew:
W/Cdr.(37191) Robert Henry Swan KING (pilot) RAF : killed
G/Capt. (26125) William Vernon Louis SPENDLOVE (2.pilot/pass.) RAF - killed
F/O (137.939) Henry William GATTIKER (nav.) RAFVR : killed
P/O (142.909) Rhys Noel KINGLAKE (WOp/AG) RAFVR - killed
P/O (146.797) Joseph Herbert James KOLLER (WOp/AG) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.https://www.manstonhistory.org.uk/timeline/
2.ORB
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 February 1943 | AE910 | 21 Sqn RAF | 0 | near RAF Manston, Kent, England |  |
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