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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:07 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 196 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HE398 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea 30 km west of Callantsoog, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield (EGXV) |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Robert Denzel of the 12./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+HZ from Bergen airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: ZO-
Takeoff time: 23:39
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Jack Greenfield RAFVR 1315254 [Killed]
Sergeant Kenneth Foster Bell RAFVR 1165211 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Robert Burridge RAFVR 1385003 [Killed]
Sergeant William Eddington RAF 553011 [Killed]
All members of the crew are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial
Sergeant William O'Neill RAFVR 1367121 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/20638-HE3981943-05-13.html
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 09:46 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 08-Jan-2012 08:28 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 10-May-2018 19:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-May-2018 19:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Country, ] |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 11-May-2024 06:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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