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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:38 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LN439 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Kleinenbroich, Korschenbroich, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Fritz Schellwat of the 5./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from St Trond airfield, Belgium. Also claimed by heavy Flak units at 02:40, victory Schellwat later confirmed by the Luftwaffe.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: AL-
Takeoff time: 23:47
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Frank Richard Windibank RCAF R/103246 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant William John Reid RCAF R/142433 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Albert Earl Atkinson RCAF R/134035 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Donald Ivor Havard RCAF R/139686 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 April, 1943) [Killed]
Sergeant Norman Russell McKinley RCAF R/126252 [PoW]
Casualties lie at the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/18792-LN4391943-05-14.html
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/May43/May13~14.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2018 12:49 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 12-May-2024 07:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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