ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51822
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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HZ485 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Laageind, NW of Rijkevoort, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dalton UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: NA-G
Takeoff time: 23:12
Crew:
Pilot W/O I D.H. Thompson R/72344 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 179
Navigator F/O. A.F. Beaton J/13842 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 172
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. G.G. Hart R/111333 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 182
Wo ag Sgt. K.G. Chilver 1076367 RAF Runnymede Memorial 145 Maybe buried as unknown at Woensel JJB.67
Air gunner F/Sgt. G.C.P. O'Hara R/110283 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 185
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2396&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 |
| 30-Dec-2011 08:38 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2018 16:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2022 16:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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