ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52040
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| Date: | Monday 5 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:46 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE432 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 70 km W of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dalton |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Walter Borchers of the 8./NJG 3, detached to the Stab IV/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Kiel
Call Sign: NA-C
Takeoff time: 20:30
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. R.G. Tighe J/9416 RCAF Wierum 2 6 Washed up 10 Apr 43
Observer F/O. H.C. Irwin J/11956 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 174
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. K.W. Rosevear R/103151 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 185
Wo ag P/O. W.D. Heslip J/17171 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 175
Air gunner F/Sgt. L.D. Ryan R/98510 RCAF Germany 7 E 2 Buried Sage War Cem
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2177&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
- 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 03:19 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2018 19:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2022 02:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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