ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52440
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Date: | Sunday 6 December 1942 |
Time: | 12:17 |
Type: | Lockheed Ventura Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | AE701 |
MSN: | EG-F |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea off Oostkapelle, Zeeland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hit by Flak or shot down by Fw. Ratshofer of the 5./JG 1, flying an Fw 190 A-4.
Operation: ‘Operation Oyster’, a pin-point daylight raid on the Philips electrical works at Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
Call Sign: EG-F
Takeoff time: 11:20
The four crew members are missing in action and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Pilot / F/Sgt. A.G. Paterson R/102339 RCAF
Navigator/ Bomb Aimer / Sgt. E.J.F. Vick 1331780 RAF
Wireless Operator / Sgt. S.J. Isaac 1378292 RAF
Air Gunner / Sgt. P.J. Stokes 1397886 RAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1934&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
05-Dec-2017 22:00 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
07-Oct-2018 07:05 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
05-Nov-2020 20:05 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Cn, Location, Narrative] |
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