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| Date: | Saturday 12 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:00 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE184 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 22 km north of Westkapelle, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Burn, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Reinhard Kollak of the 7./NJG 4 (detached to 1./NJG 1), flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+EH from Gilze-Rijen airfield. Coned by Scheinwerfer nr. 13 and also claimed by Marine Flak of Nordbatterie, Westbatterie and Südbatterie Vlissingen.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: SE-M
Takeoff time: 23:20
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer William Dunsmore Eaglesham RAFVR 148443 (NCO:1344001 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 24 August, 1943) [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Lewis Charles Long RAFVR 126471 (NCO:1378616 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 September, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Bernard Hamilton Stephenson RAFVR 1190561 [Killed]
Pilot Officer Joseph Howard Burrow RAFVR 147470 (NCO:1014792 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 August, 1943) [Killed]
Pilot Officer Henry Tudor McAusland RAFVR 147496 (NCO:1386007 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 July, 1943) [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2436&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 07:07 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jun-2018 07:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Oct-2018 16:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 26-May-2024 07:13 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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