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| Date: | Sunday 11 April 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE213 |
| MSN: | SE-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, ca. 5 km SW of the Channel Island of Jersey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Burn, North Yorkshire |
Wellington HE213 T/o at 23:15hrs 10 April 1943 from RAF Burn for raid on Frankfurt. Ditched roughly 3 miles SW of the Channel Island of Jersey after calling for help. 11.4.1943
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Walter Edwin Bidmead RAF 657234 [PoW]
Observer : Sergeant Abraham Holden RAF 591390 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Edward Arnold Odling RAF 657064 [PoW]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Leonard Charles Bolke RAF 1380047 [PoW]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant George Arnold Booth RCAF R/135580 [Killed]
Sergeant Holden llies at the St. Helier War Cemetery, Howard-Davis Park, Jersey, United Kingdom (49.179340 / -2.097100)
Sergeant Booth is remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
ORB
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 09:53 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 05-Jan-2021 11:04 | Giggs | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 19-May-2025 06:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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