ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51948
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:38 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HE244 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kievitswaard, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington (EGNJ) |
Shot down by night figher pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: AS-D
Takeoff time: 22:20
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Arthur Irving Stark RAFVR 1030871 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Dennis High RAFVR 744714 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Harold Jackson Salisbury RCAF R/97340 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant James Arthur Beedim RAFVR 1133751 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Theodore Lafontaine RCAF R/10542 [Killed]
All lie at the Werkendam Protestant Cemetery, Netherlands (GPS 51.812452 / 4.896516)
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2272
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 07:30 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2018 08:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-May-2023 14:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
| 03-May-2024 07:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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