ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52773
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:48 |
| Type: |  Douglas DB-7B Boston Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | Z2171 |
| MSN: | TH-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Schiphol Airfield, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex |
Boston Z2171: Takeoff at 23:24 hrs for an intruder operation to Soesterberg airfield in Utrecht province.
Near Schiphol, the aircraft was 'coned' by the 3./Reserve-Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 168 and hit by light Flak of the 4./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 242.
Crashed near Schiphol airfield at 01:48 hrs.
The Crew:
F/O (J/3253) Roy White (pilot) RCAF - killed
P/O (J/7522) Thomas Eric Edmond Keyes (obs.) RCAF - killed.
F/Sgt (R/61070) James Alexander Foran (WOp/AG) RCAF - killed
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1626&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17386993
Listemann, Phil H. The Douglas Boston & Havoc (SQUADRONS!) (p. 54). Philedition. Kindle Edition.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 May 1942 | W8318 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 3 | Akkerwoude, Damwâld (Damwoude), Friesland | |
w/o |
| 10 July 1942 | W8304 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 3 | mouth of the Schelde estuary, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 31 July 1942 | W8326 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 3 | Hoeverweg, Egmond aan den Hoef, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Images:
Screen shot of National Archives entry regarding 418 Sqn loss on 24 June 1942.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Jan-2011 13:38 | Mark Proulx | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2017 12:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2018 21:53 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2018 07:47 | XindelX | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2018 23:12 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-Feb-2018 16:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2020 12:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jan-2022 06:44 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Registration, Source, Photo] |
| 14-Jun-2022 02:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Jul-2022 20:49 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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