ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50403
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Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk XIII |
Owner/operator: | 415 (Swordfish) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | HZ659 |
MSN: | NH-H |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Westerschelde estuary, Zeeland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Bircham Newton (takeoff at 00:25 hrs) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Took off RAF Bircham Newton to attack German shipping in the Western Scheldt in the province of Zeeland. Shot down by flak from Räumboote NNW at Ostend North Sea.
Crew
Plt Off G C Krahn RCAF (KIA) Vlissingen Noorderbegraafplaats
Plt Off J M Lacombe RCAF (KIA) Vlissingen Noorderbegraafplaats
Plt Off J R Dryden RCAF (KIA) Runnymede Memorial
Plt Off G A Henson RCAF (KIA) Runnymede Memorial
Plt Off F L Ladd RCAF (KIA) Runnymede Memorial
Plt Off D I A Laurie RCAF (KIA) Runnymede Memorial
Plt Off G E Robertson RCAF (KIA) Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://wingstovictory.nl/database/database_detail.php%3Fwtv_id%3D403&prev=search https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lacombe&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1944&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=69&GSob=n&GRid=14040250&df=all& https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Krahn&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1944&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=69&GSob=n&GRid=14040249&df=all& https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3784&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
15-Jun-2016 14:16 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Oct-2018 06:57 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
05-Oct-2020 17:05 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
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