ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140806
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| Date: | Sunday 11 April 1943 |
| Time: | 03:23 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE636 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Steinbach-Weier, Hessen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Gerhard Friedrich of the 10./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Mainz-Finthen airfield. Also claimed by the 4./schwere Flak-Abteilung 631 (v).
Target: Frankfurt
Call Sign: AL-Q
Takeoff time: 23:21
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Douglas William Jefferis RAFVR 908611 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Leslie Sidney Knott RAFVR 127847 (NCO:1393022 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 September, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Samuel Nicoll Beckett RAFVR 970018 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Alun Gwyn Lewis RAFVR 946288 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Kleon Donald Franklin RAFVR 1377502 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://6bombergroup.ca/April43/April10~11.html
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/18803-HE6361943-04-11.html
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2011 15:49 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 08-Jan-2012 08:23 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 10-Apr-2018 09:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2018 09:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 20:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Apr-2024 07:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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