ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51967
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Date: | Monday 3 May 1943 |
Time: | 17:57 |
Type: | Lockheed Ventura Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | AJ209 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Kometensingel, Amsterdam-Noord, Noord-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Methwold, Norfolk, UK |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by the German Luftwaffe during a bombing raid on the local power station on the northern outskirts of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Two crew members died in the crash, 2 others became POW.
Operation: Ramrod – short range bomber attacks to destroy ground targets, similar to Circus attacks
Call Sign: EG-V
Takeoff time: 16:43
Crew:
Pilot S/L. L.H. Trent VC, DFC 36146 RAF Survived pow
Observer F/Lt. V. Phillips 45749 RAF Survived pow
Nav ba F/O. R.D.C. Thomas 108829 RAF Amsterdam 69 C 2
Air gunner Sgt. G.W. Trenery 1324586 RAF Amsterdam 69 C 3
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2247&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://aircrewremembered.com/trent-leonard-1.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
11-Dec-2017 12:39 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
01-May-2018 16:55 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
01-May-2018 16:56 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
07-Oct-2018 07:10 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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