ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51944
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:44 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HE923 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Boertange to Vlagtwedde road, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington (EGNJ) |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Karl-Heinz Scherfling of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: AS-R
Takeoff time: 22:25
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Andrew Peter Uditsky RCAF R/135043 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant John Theo Macksimchuk RCAF R/110747 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Ernest Nixon Moore RCAF R/138918 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Alexander Stuart Buchanan RAFVR 1123751 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant George Ernest Armstrong RCAF R/125223 [Killed]
All lie at the Vlagtwedde General Cemetery, Netherlands (GPS 53.025512 / 7.119826)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2273&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 04:37 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2018 07:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 09:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 03-May-2024 07:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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