ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51900
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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:53 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE697 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vreelandseweg, near Nederhorst ten Berg, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth (UK); EGXD |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
The Wellington was on a raid to Bochum.
Call Sign: OW-M
Takeoff time: 23:34
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. J.A. Thomson R/121044 RCAF Amersfoort 13 6 121
Navigator F/Sgt. A.F. Hopley R/136282 RCAF Amersfoort 13 6 122
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. J.P.O. Ethier R/55816 RCAF Amersfoort 13 6 123
Wo ag Sgt. N. Hudspith 1126718 RAF Amersfoort 13 6 120
Air gunner F/Sgt. T.F. How R/132630 RCAF Amersfoort 13 6 124
The crew was buried 17-05-1943 at De Rusthof cemetery, Amersfoort.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2318&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 |
| 25-Jan-2011 09:19 | Egbert Pelgrim | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2011 15:03 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2012 01:24 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2013 17:42 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 12-May-2018 14:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2018 12:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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