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Date: | Friday 16 April 1943 |
Time: | 23:56 |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 466 Sqn RAAF |
Registration: | HE501 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Seraincourt, 16 km NW of Rethel, Ardennes 08 -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield (EGXV) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Helmut Bergmann of the Stab III./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Juvincourt airfield.
Target: Mannheim
Call Sign: HD-J
Takeoff time: 21:17
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Colin Foley Tozer RAAF Aus/406585 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Harold Ernest Jones RAFVR 1375844 [Killed]
Observer : Warrant Officer Class II Gordon Kenneth Young RCAF R/90189 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Richard Kitchener White RAFVR 1193463 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Errington RAFVR 1531620 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3829 - Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Dec-2011 02:18 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
16-Apr-2018 13:06 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
23-Oct-2018 19:49 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
30-Jun-2022 04:16 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
04-Feb-2024 20:35 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |