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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:33 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 466 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | HE326 |
| MSN: | HD- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hamminkeln, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield (EGXV) |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 23:25
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Albert Leonard Ford RAFVR 142518 (NCO:1312624 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 May, 1943) [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Cecil William Hewitt RAFVR 146023 (NCO:1385687 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 July, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Roy Locke Amesbury RAFVR 145522 (NCO:1316503 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 June, 1943) [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Raymond William Fox RAF 1265390 [PoW]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Alex Henry Richardson RAF 615979 [Killed]
The three casualties lie at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (51.740880 / 6.082017)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HE326
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 09:18 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 23-Jun-2018 12:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 08-Aug-2024 16:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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