ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51833
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:36 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 199 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HF488 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Caberg district, Maastricht, Limburg. -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ingham, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of the 6./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond airfield, Belgium.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: EX-U
Takeoff time: 23:59
Crew:
Pilot F/O. D. Makin 128577 RAF Jonkerbos 20 A 4 Initially buried at Venlo
Navigator F/Lt. F.S. Reade 132494 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer F/O. R.T. Douglas 134674 RAF Jonkerbos 20 A 3 Initially buried at Venlo
Wo ag Sgt. W.H. Thomson 1377796 RAF Jonkerbos 20 A 1 Initially buried at Venlo
Air gunner Sgt. T.M. Scott 1785281 RAF Jonkerbos 20 A 2 Initially buried at Venlo
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2384&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 12:20 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-May-2018 16:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-May-2018 16:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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