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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:05 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HE235 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea 30 km west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington (EGNJ) |
Probably shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hermann Greiner of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: AS-H
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Roy Batterbee RAFVR 1432288 [Killed]
Sergeant Jack Thomas Francis RAFVR 1269078 [Killed]
Sergeant Kenneth Mackintosh RAFVR 1515864 [Killed]
Sergeant Alfred Joseph Railton RAFVR 1476472 [Killed]
Warrant Officer Class II Edward Alan Sproule RCAF R/92104 [Killed]
All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HE235
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 09:55 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 08-Jan-2012 08:28 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 28-May-2018 17:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 02-Mar-2025 07:39 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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