ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52201
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 January 1943 |
| Time: | 00:28 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 21 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | X9667 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee 5 km E of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Moreton-in-Marsh |
Shot at by light Flak at 00:25, shot down by Leutnant Wolfgang Kuthe of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 F-4 from probably Bergen airfield. The Wellington was on a navigation exercise over the North Sea.
Call Sign: ED-P
Takeoff time: 18:30
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. G.G. Ellis 1320286 RAF Den Burg K 1 16 Washed up Oost at March 21, 1943
Co-Pilot F/O. F.H. Mitchell 404654 RAAF Bergen op Zoom 32 C 3 Washed up east of De Kooy March 24, 1943, buried Huisduinen
Navigator Sgt. E.H. Tucker 1457344 RAF Westerland northwest near entrance
Bomb aimer P/O. D. Llewelyn 131972 RAF Bergen op Zoom 30 B 11 Washed up Den Helder harbour at April 8, 1943, buried Huisduinen
Wo ag F/Sgt. J.N. Morgan 744928 RAF Survived pow
Wo ag Sgt. R.E. Elvin 1332186 RAF Bergen op Zoom 32 C 4 Washed up east of Den Helder at March 22, 1943, buried Huisduinen
Air gunner Sgt. N.G. Smith 414377 RAAF Den Burg K 1 23 Washed up De Mok at March 8, 1943
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2009&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
nachtjagd combat archive 1943 part one
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Jan-2018 09:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2018 09:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Nature, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2018 09:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 11:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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