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Date: | Thursday 29 April 1943 |
Time: | 00:57 |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 196 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | HE170 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Bjerndrup northeast of Løgumkloster, Syddanmark -
Denmark
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Ernst Meess of the 6./NJG 3, flying a Bf 110 from Schleswig airfield, Germany.
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations
Target area: Forget-me-not (Kiel bay)
Call Sign: ZO-?
Takeoff time: 20:51
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Frederick Charles Swain RAFVR 1336737 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Albert Wheatley RAFVR 1254714 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Edward George Quick RAFVR 1317194 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant George Richard Burgess RAFVR 1311769 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Edwin Donald Curling RAFVR 1610909 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430049.shtml Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Apr-2018 08:29 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
30-Apr-2018 08:29 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
01-Nov-2018 09:40 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
28-Apr-2024 06:56 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |