ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52647
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| Date: | Saturday 1 August 1942 |
| Time: | 02:25 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 16 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | HF852 |
| MSN: | -C2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grensweg road, Elsendorp, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford |
Takeoff at 23:55 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf 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.
The entire crew of five perished in the crash:
Pilot / F/Sgt. E.G. Robertson R/83401 RCAF Eindhoven cemetery; grave JJ 91-92
Observer / F/Sgt. L.G. Harvie R/82855 RCAF Eindhoven cemetery; grave JJ 88
Observer / Sgt. D.H. Kurtz R/75874 RCAF Eindhoven cemetery; grave JJ 91-92
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / Sgt. H.L. Cox 798636 RAF Eindhoven cemetery; grave JJ 89
Air Gunner / F/Sgt. E.F. Hueston R/68744 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF cemetery in Gelderland; grave 16 D 11
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1740&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.heerlijckvrij.nl/heerlijckhistorisch/neergestorte-vliegtuigen-in-elsendorp-1940-1945/
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Dec-2016 13:21 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2017 13:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2020 11:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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