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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:26 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE590 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zemst-Bos, Zemst, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wilhelm Telge of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+CC from St Trond airfield.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: OW-
Takeoff time: 23:21
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Stuart Pennington DFM RCAF J/18125 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Richard Ellwood Talman RCAF R/123539 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer John Kaye Watson RCAF J/22809 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Norman Cecil Swan RCAF J/18243 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Edward Thomas RAFVR 1331633 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Donald Lyall Beatty RCAF R/124012 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HE590
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2011 15:35 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 24-May-2018 19:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Oct-2018 12:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 07-Nov-2022 07:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 19-May-2024 14:15 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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