Accident Vickers Wellington Mk X HE990, Wednesday 26 May 1943
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Date:Wednesday 26 May 1943
Time:01:24
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF
Registration: HE990
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:'Geysterense bossen' 500 m SW of De Rosmolen near Oostrum, Limburg -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Burn
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.

Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: SE-Z
Takeoff time: 23:45

Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Robert Turnbull Barclay RAF 1343921 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer / Navigator : Flying Officer Albert Carey Bonner RAFVR 124717 (NCO:657155 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 September, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Michael Charles Jefferies RAFVR 1280562 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Harold Sweet RAFVR 1230519 [Killed]
Sergeant Kenneth Dix RAF 1237232 [PoW]

The casualties were initally buried at Venlo, but now lie at the Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands (51.822371 / 5.830618)

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2385&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
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
29-Dec-2011 15:29 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
24-May-2018 16:29 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
14-Oct-2018 16:09 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
19-May-2024 14:17 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

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