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| Date: | Monday 26 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:52 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 466 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | HZ580 |
| MSN: | HD-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km W of Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield (EGXV) |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wolfgang Knieling of the 4./NJG 5 (detached to 1./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:46
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Raoul Ellery Thorpe RAAF Aus/416794 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 194
Observer : Flight Sergeant Charles Robert Cowan RAAF Aus/410459 [Killed] Noordwijk 6 3 Washed up 12 Aug 43
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant David Poole Speechley RAAF Aus/410177 [Killed] Den Haag 4 71
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Wilfred Harper RAAF Aus/415379 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 192
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Jack Harrison-Owen RAAF Aus/400392 [Killed] Den Haag 4 73
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2711&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 08:52 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jul-2018 14:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 15-Jun-2022 15:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 28-Aug-2024 12:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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