ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51684
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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:41 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HE346 |
| MSN: | AS-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zeedijk, Holwerd, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:38 for an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Rudolf Sigmund of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from probably Bergen airfield.
All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Pilot F/Sgt. C.A. Mattress 402531 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 191
Navigator Sgt. A. Mortimer 1499905 RAF Runnymede Memorial 159
Bomb aimer Sgt. J.P. Priestley 1517817 RAF Runnymede Memorial 162
Wireless op Sgt. N.R. Parry 1383146 RAF Runnymede Memorial 161
Air gunner Sgt. T. Ball 1620011 RAF Runnymede Memorial 141
The remains of one crew member are resting in the Groesbeek War Cemetery.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=HE346&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=10686
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 February 1943 | BJ961 | 166 Sqn RAF | 5 | sea 40 km W of Walcheren, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Apr-2011 01:51 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2011 06:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2018 21:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 10:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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