ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51780
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| Date: | Saturday 12 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:17 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE593 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Zijtaart, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Bruno Eikmeier of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: AL-
Takeoff time: 23:00
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. R.F. Conroy R/144158 RCAF Survived Evader. Returned to UK 2 Oct 43. KIA 24 Mar 44
Navigator W/O I G.A. Leitch R/63913 RCAF Eindhoven JJB 71-72
Bomb aimer P/O. G.R. Densmore J/17486 RCAF Eindhoven JJB 70
Wo ag W/O G.A. Nelson R/10521 RCAF Eindhoven JJB 71-72
Air gunner W/O J Burns R/144158 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 F 11 from USA
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2434&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Dec-2011 15:25 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2018 08:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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