ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51855
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| Date: | Monday 24 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:43 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HF486 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 7 km W of Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington (EGNJ) |
Hit by light Flak of the 4./leichte Flak-Abteilung 845.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: AS-L
Takeoff time: 23:17
Crew:
Pilot : F/O Albert Edward Steward RAFVR 116785 (NCO:1378033) [Killed]
Nav : F/L John Gordon Eldridge DFC and Bar RAFVR 67652 (NCO:932726) [Killed]
Nav : Sgt John Howard Griffiths RAFVR 1337841 [Killed]
W/Op/AG : P/O Stanley Buchan Jobes RAFVR 146941 (NCO:1379067) [Killed]
A/G : P/O John Fryon Sanders RAFVR 146937 (NCO:1333472) [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2366&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 12:17 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2018 19:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-May-2022 07:34 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2022 04:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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