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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:07 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE183 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea 40 km west of Castricum, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: SE-J
Takeoff time: 23:55
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Thomas Bingham Marshall RAF 39618 [Killed]
Observer : Flying Officer Douglas Samuel Gooderham RAFVR 125513 (NCO:1383378 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 August, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer Daniel Coales RAFVR 127277 (NCO:1333333 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 October, 1942) [Fatal Injury]
Front Gunner : Sergeant Alfred Edward Quaife RAFVR 910228 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer David John MacMillan RCAF J/12160 [Killed]
All lie at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/18709-HE1831943-05-14.html
http://6bombergroup.ca/May43/May13~14.html
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 10:36 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 08-Jan-2012 08:30 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 12-May-2018 14:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Oct-2018 16:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 12-Jan-2019 10:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 12-May-2024 07:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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