Accident Lockheed Ventura Mk II AE945,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52435
 
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Date:Sunday 6 December 1942
Time:12:39
Type:Silhouette image of generic L37 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed Ventura Mk II
Owner/operator:464 Sqn RAAF
Registration: AE945
MSN: SB-E
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Schoolstraat, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Feltwell
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by Flak.

Operation: ‘Operation Oyster’, a pin-point daylight raid on the Philips electrical works at Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
Call Sign: SB-E
Takeoff time: 11:20

Pilot / Sgt. B.M. Harvey R/88469 RCAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave JJ 141-146
Navigator/ Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. B. Marrows 905358 RAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave JJ 141-146
Wireless Operator / Sgt. J.B.A. MacPherson 1194240 RAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave JJ 141-146
Air Gunner / Sgt. F. Proctor AUS8063 RAAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave JJ 134

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1939&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
05-Dec-2017 16:40 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
19-Oct-2018 09:18 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
05-Nov-2020 19:50 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]

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