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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:24 |
| Type: |  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 |
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/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 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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