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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
| Time: | 00:54 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HE752 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oele near Hengelo, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington (EGNJ) |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield. Crash location: Boersbosch, Nijhuisbinnenweg, Oele.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: AS-W
Takeoff time: 23:02
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Donald Thomas Tonkinson RAF 51064 (NCO:590762 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 March, 1943) [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Thomas David Brown RAFVR 124924 (NCO:1553198 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 17 November, 1942) [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Percy Guest RAFVR 1167534 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Arthur Denis Johnson RAFVR 138812 (NCO:755084 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 February, 1943) [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Norman Percival Rayner RAFVR 1385954 [Killed]
All lie at the Hengelo (Overijssel) General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.272535 / 6.809853)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2395&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 04:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-May-2018 19:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 13-Jun-2022 05:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 20-May-2024 07:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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