ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52076
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| Date: | Friday 26 March 1943 |
| Time: | 22:25 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MS487 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Horstlaan, Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
Hit by 2. & 3./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 816.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: AL-C
Takeoff time: 19:32
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer George Fox RAFVR 123109 [Killed] (NCO:1146098 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 30 June, 1942)
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Albert Arthur Skelly RAFVR 1235073 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Gordon H Murray RAF 1082668 [Evaded]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Peter Spencer Bastian RAFVR 126739 [Killed] (NCO:1063626 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 15 September, 1942)
Rear Gunner : Sergeant James McQuarrie Murray RAF 1108414 [PoW]
The casualties lie in the The Hague (Westduin) General Cemetery, Netherlands (GPS 52.056774 / 4.224025)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2144&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 |
| 24-Mar-2018 08:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 20:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 11-Jan-2024 09:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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