ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52429
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| Date: | Sunday 6 December 1942 |
| Time: | 12:54 |
| Type: |  Douglas DB-7B Boston Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 226 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z2266 |
| MSN: | MQ-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swanton Morley |
Hit by Marine Flak or shot down by Uffz. Robert Stellfeld of the 5./JG 1, flying an Fw 190 A-4.
Operation: ‘Operation Oyster’, a pin-point daylight raid on the Philips electrical works at Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Takeoff time: 11:35 hrs
The three crew members are missing in action and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Pilot / F/O. N.J.A. Paton DFM 106980 RAF
Navigator / F/Lt. J.G.A. Maguire DFC 47152 RAF
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / P/O. J.L. Fletcher J/15691 RCAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1932&date=&location=&pn=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Beer_(natuurgebied)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 July 1942 | AL746 | 226 Sqn RAF | 4 | Wadden Sea S of Spiekeroog, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Dec-2017 17:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2018 16:49 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2020 19:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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