Accident Vickers Wellington Mk X HE154, Saturday 12 June 1943
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Date:Saturday 12 June 1943
Time:02:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:466 Sqn RAAF
Registration: HE154
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Over-Diemen, municipality Diemen, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Leconfield (EGXV)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by Flak during raid on Düsseldorf.

Call Sign: HD-
Takeoff time: 23:14

Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Fletcher William Randall Green RAAF Aus/408829 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Arthur Sidney Jones RAFVR 1388330 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Kenneth Edwin Fletcher RAAF Aus/414782 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant John Francis Mell RAAF Aus/413631 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Edward David Milliken RAAF Aus/420233 [Killed]

All lie at the Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Netherlands (52.346631 / 4.938324)

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2438&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/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
30-Dec-2011 08:01 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
11-Jun-2018 19:24 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
23-Oct-2018 19:58 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
26-May-2024 07:17 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

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