ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210053
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Date: | Thursday 29 April 1943 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | HE728 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | sea off Wangerooge island -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Dalton, UK |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hit by Flak of (probably) the Marine Flak-Abteilung 232.
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations
Call Sign: NA-B
Takeoff time: 20:57
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Class II Kenneth Edward Radcliff RCAF R/118160 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant William Mackenzie Manson RCAF R/112619 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant James Victor Agate RCAF R/121039 [Killed]
Sergeant Ian Peter Douglas Rushton RAFVR 1250272 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Henry Vaynor Smith-Jones RCAF R/107964 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/18902-HE7281943-04-29.html http://6bombergroup.ca/April43/April28~2943.html Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Apr-2018 17:58 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
14-Oct-2018 15:36 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
28-Apr-2024 07:16 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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