ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51707
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:10 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HF572 |
| MSN: | QO-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 'Kleine Ipperakker' Kerkdriel, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skipton-on-Swale, UK |
Takeoff at 23:05 for an operation to Wuppertal, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Werner Baake of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield. Also claimed by Flak of the 3. & 4./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 594. Victory Lt. Baake later confirmed by the Luftwaffe.
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. N. Goldie 1216316 RAF Bergen op Zoom 25 C 5 Initially buried Breda
Navigator Sgt. G. Liddle 1390957 RAF Bergen op Zoom 25 C 3 Initially buried Breda
Bomb aimer Sgt. F.W.N. Trowbridge 658650 RAF Bergen op Zoom 25 C 4 Initially buried Breda
Wo ag Sgt. C.K. Killick 1331007 RAF Bergen op Zoom 25 C 6 Initially buried Breda
Air gunner Sgt. W.A. Sparrow R/80605 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 25 C 9 Initially buried Breda
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2577&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 12:25 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2018 10:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2018 10:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 11-Oct-2018 19:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Dec-2018 14:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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