ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140803
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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 01:51 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE591 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sankt Thomas/Kyllburg, 13 km NNE Bitburg, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Paul Faden of the 11./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Mainz-Finthen airfield.
Target: Mannheim
Call Sign: OW-
Takeoff time: 21:15
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Leslie Thompson RAFVR 1004634 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II John Clayton Kennedy RCAF R/109126 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Raymond George Wood RAFVR 130506 (NCO:961225 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 24 November, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant James Parkinson RAFVR 1078306 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Edward Ambrose Whalen RCAF R/53979 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/19099-HE5911943-04-17.html
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2011 15:22 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 16-Apr-2018 19:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2018 12:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2024 07:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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