ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140849
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| Date: | Thursday 15 April 1943 |
| Time: | 01:39 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE176 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Plattenhof, 15 km ENE of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dalton, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Helmut Peters of the Stab III./NJG 101, flying a Bf 110 from Echterdingen airfield. Also claimed by heavy Flak, Flak claim rejected.
Target: Stuttgart
Call Sign: NA-F
Takeoff time: 21:14
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Class II William Scott Harris RCAF R/114556 [Killed]
Pilot Officer Denys Haughton Ferry RCAF J/16838 [PoW]
Sergeant Richard Twiss Sutton RCAF R/102739 [PoW]
Sergeant James Lawrence Warren RCAF R/107238 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 February, 1944) [PoW]
Flight Sergeant Theodore Heyward White RCAF R/100561 : Commission Gazetted Friday 01 August, 1941) [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/18905-HE1761943-04-15.html
http://6bombergroup.ca/April43/April14~15.html
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 10:31 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 14-Apr-2018 12:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2018 12:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2018 12:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2024 07:08 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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