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Date: | Thursday 15 April 1943 |
Time: | 00:20 |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | HZ357 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mutterschied, Rheinland-Pfalz -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Bourn |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz-Martin Hadeball of the 12./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Mainz-Finthen airfield.
Target: Stuttgart
Call Sign: SE-S
Takeoff time: 21:05
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Lawrence Denby RAFVR 1438344 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant William Alexander Wilson Hunter RAFVR 1396315 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant James Green Adam RAFVR 1029111 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant James Joseph O'Hagan RAFVR 1305606 [Killed]
Pilot Officer Alexander John McDonald RNZAF NZ/415335 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/18727-HZ3571943-04-15.html - Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Dec-2011 13:35 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
14-Apr-2018 10:26 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Oct-2018 16:06 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
14-Apr-2024 07:10 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |