ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51926
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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:28 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE157 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Noordschans, municipality Klundert, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth (EGXD) |
| RAF Dishforth (EGXD) |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Karl Leopold of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: OW-
Takeoff time: 23:49
Crew:
Pilot W/O II K.F. Fighter R/106603 RCAF Bergen op zoom RCAF 6 F 4-5
Navigator F/O. G. McMillan J/14772 RCAF Bergen op zoom RCAF 6 F 4-5
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. D.C. Maxwell R/125618 RCAF Bergen op zoom RCAF 7 E 7
Wo ag Sgt. E.W. Betts 1219830 RAF Bergen op zoom RCAF 7 E 8
Air gunner F/O. H.R. Drake J/14815 RCAF Bergen op zoom RCAF 12 F 6
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2300&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
https://caspir.warplane.com/bin/warplanero.exe?action=webprograms&subaction=personneldocument&personnelno=600026082
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ruhr
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 08:04 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2018 19:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2018 12:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-May-2023 13:36 | harro | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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