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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:12 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE294 |
| MSN: | QO-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea 35 km W of Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skipton-on-Swale, UK |
| Essen |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Grimm of the Stab IV./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: QO-P
Takeoff time: 22:52
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Ralph Edgar Taylor DFM RCAF J/18109 [Killed]
Pilot Officer Ralph Grant Allan RCAF J/16754 [Killed]
Warrant Officer Class II Albert George Bailey RCAF R/101346 [Killed]
Flying Officer John Arlo Farnham RCAF J/12974 [Killed]
Pilot Officer Ross Marshall Murray RCAF J/17209 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HE294
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 10:04 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 08-Jan-2012 09:00 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 29-May-2018 17:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Oct-2018 19:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 12-Jan-2019 10:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jan-2020 14:55 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Destination airport, ] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 20-May-2024 11:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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