ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52003
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 April 1943 |
| Time: | 03:36 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE737 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kogendijk, Bergen, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, UK |
Hit by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Lothar Linke of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden or Bergen airfield. The pilot performed a belly-landing.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: AL-J
Takeoff time: 00:37
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader James Campbell Cairns DFC RAF 42692 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 May, 1940) [PoW]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Kenneth Eric Rabbitt RAFVR 1333360 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Raymond Henry Larkins RAFVR 117353 (NCO:1220310 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 June, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Lieutenant Charles Mohamed Slyman Awad RCAF J/15639 [Killed]
Front Gunner : Flight Sergeant Robert Turnbull Lang RAF 544898 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Sydney Melbourne Nevanas Pozer RCAF J/15702 [PoW]
The casualties lie at the Bergen General Cemetery, Netherlands
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2216
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 04:50 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2018 18:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2018 18:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Jan-2019 10:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2024 06:25 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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