ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211578
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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
| Time: | 00:55 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DT674 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 4 km northeast of Wesel, 4 km south of Brünen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Dormann of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: EQ-A
Takeoff time: 23:15
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Kenneth Oswald Greig RAAF Aus/401309 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Douglas Blewett RCAF R/91430 [PoW]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II Welland Victor Neuman RCAF R/74052 (Officer:J/18152) [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Cedric Anton Vogel RCAF J/11862 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William Albert Ivor RCAF R/87336 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Joseph Vincent John Raymo Veys RCAF R/104910 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Napoleon Pascal Eugene Comeau RCAF R/117670 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DT674
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2018 18:58 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Oct-2018 17:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Oct-2018 17:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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