ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140820
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 196 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HE548 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing. - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire (EGXV) |
Wellington HE548 T/o at 19:44 hrs 29 Mar 1943 from RAF Leconfield. Missing during raid on Bochum.
Lost without trace.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Arthur Lucas RAFVR 1135766 [Killed]
Warrant Officer Class II Hugh Garfield Allen RCAF R/78939 [Killed]
Sergeant Denys Andrew RAF 645577 [Killed]
Flying Officer Kenneth Flaxman Smart RAFVR 112534 (NCO:1379458 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 January, 1942) [Killed]
Sergeant Arthur William Ernest Wilson RAFVR 1196327 [Killed]
All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
ORB
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 02:53 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 08-Jan-2012 08:19 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Jan-2021 18:58 | Giggs | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Mar-2024 08:19 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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