Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IV Z1463,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52621
 
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Date:Monday 10 August 1942
Time:03:07 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/operator:460 Sqn RAAF
Registration: Z1463
MSN: UV-L
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Remmelinkdijk road, Keijenborg, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Breighton
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 00:10 hrs local time for an operation to Osnabrück in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield.
All five rest in the Hengelo (Gelderland) cemetery:

Pilot / F/Sgt. J.A. Finlay 403175 RAAF / grave 1
Observer / W/O. N. Dan 403561 RAAF / grave 4
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / F/Sgt. S.B. Goord 39099 RNzAF / grave 2
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / Sgt. R.A. Ponton 401080 RAAF / grave 5
Air Gunner / F/Sgt. K.A. Smith 402832 RAAF / grave 3

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1769&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
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History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
7 May 1942 Z1254 460 Sqn RAAF 5 just north of Mannheim-Waldhof; Baden-Württemberg w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
14-Aug-2017 15:10 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Oct-2018 19:30 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
15-May-2020 09:51 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
06-Aug-2022 08:17 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Embed code, Category]

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