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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:41 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HE346 |
| MSN: | AS-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zeedijk, Holwerd, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:38 for an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Rudolf Sigmund of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from probably Bergen airfield.
Crew : all are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Pilot : Warrant Officer Charles Alfred Mattress RAAF Aus/402531 [Killed] Panel 191
Navigator : Sergeant Alfred Mortimer RAFVR 1499905 [Killed] Panel 159
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Peter Priestley RAFVR 1517817 [Killed] Panel 162
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Norman Ronald Parry RAFVR 1383146 [Killed] Panel 161
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Ball RAFVR 1620011 [Killed] Panel 141
The remains of one crew member are resting in the Groesbeek War Cemetery.
81 years after crash the remains of the plane and the it's crew are going to be recovered.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=HE346&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=10686
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 |
| 26-Apr-2011 01:51 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Dec-2011 06:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Dec-2018 21:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Dec-2018 10:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 02-Jul-2024 09:13 | burumcity | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 04-Nov-2024 07:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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