ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52005
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 April 1943 |
| Time: | 03:11 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE382 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Entersestraat just west of Bornerbroek, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
Crashed during raid on Duisburg, shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.
Call Sign: AL-X
Takeoff time: 00:46
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Class II Samuel Hanan RCAF R/101482 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant George Kenneth Thompson RAFVR 1038224 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Malcolm Penvil Brown RAFVR 778810 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Class II Frederick Hugh Purchase RCAF R/105100 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Edwin Giles Litchfield RAFVR 776126 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Frank Sydney Lane RCAF R/81411 [Killed]
All lie at the Borne (Bornerbroek) Roman Catholic Churchyard, Netherlands (GPS 52.305290 / 6.752461)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2215&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
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 06:56 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2018 18:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2018 18:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 24-Apr-2024 17:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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