ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209930
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 April 1943 |
| Time: | 05:50 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE867 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Manor Farm, Stonegrave, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth |
Badly shot up over the Netherlands by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Grimm of the Stab IV./NJG 1 at 02:21, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield. The crew bailed out safely after crossing the Yorkshire Coast.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: OW-
Takeoff time: 00:46
Crew:-
Pilot : Wing Commander Leslie Crooks DSO DFC RAF 44054 (NCO:561078 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 July, 1940) [Injured]
Observer : Sergeant J A Thompson RAF
Navigator : Pilot Officer Donald Wallace Simpson DFC RCAF J/11110
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Lawrence H Power RCAF J/20163 [Injured]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Lieutenant Francis Peter Marsh DFC RCAF J/15643
Rear Gunner : Sergeant G F How RAF
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york43/he867.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2018 17:47 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Apr-2018 17:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2018 12:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Apr-2024 06:23 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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