ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51499
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 August 1943 |
| Time: | 03:48 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HE464 |
| MSN: | AS-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee 3,5 km northwest of Ternaard, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington (EGNJ) |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hermann Greiner of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:47
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. H. Nash 1319053 RAF Ternaard 1A 8
Navigator F/O. G.W. Fitzgerald J/14775 RCAF Ternaard 1A 6
Bomb aimer Sgt. V.F. Fernando 1399826 RAF Runnymede Memorial 149
Wireless op Sgt. R.J. Perrin 1295070 RAF Ternaard 1A 7
Air gunner Sgt. J. Cowan 1361185 RAF Ternaard 1A 5
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2782&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1943 | HF589 | 166 Sqn RAF | 3 | Hekendorp, Utrecht | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 03:26 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2018 21:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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