ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51643
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| Date: | Sunday 4 July 1943 |
| Time: | 00:48 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LN296 |
| MSN: | AL-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Broekstraat, Averbode, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
Takeoff at 22:56 hrs for an operation against Köln in Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Sint-Truiden (St Trond) airfield.
The crew members rest in the Bergen op Zoom RCAF cemetery, the Netherlands:
Pilot / F/Lt. R.H. Brinton 85935 RAF
Navigator / F/Sgt. J.P. Bishop 32 R/133344 RCAF
Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. P.G. Rothera 25 1387403 RAF
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / F/Lt. F.A. Reynolds 26 J/9637 RCAF
Rear Gunner / F/Sgt. E.C. Blackman 23 921967 RAF
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2640B
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/wellington-bij-averbode
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Dec-2011 12:04 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2018 18:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-Jul-2022 17:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2022 06:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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