ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52057
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
| Time: | 00:20 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3965 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km W of Zandvoort, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.
Target: Bochum, Germany
Call Sign: AS-L
Takeoff time: 19:43
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Owen Eastwood Collins RNZAF NZ/414961 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Leslie Young RAFVR 125603 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Gordon Hubbard RAFVR 1377312 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Jack Bernard Bayliss RAAF Aus/412098 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Stanley Noel Curtis RAAF Aus/401744 [Killed]
All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2159A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Nov-2017 07:20 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 29-Mar-2018 08:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2018 08:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 11-Jan-2019 18:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2022 13:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Mar-2024 08:16 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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