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| Date: | Monday 24 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:43 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HF486 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 7 km W of Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington (EGNJ) |
Hit by light Flak of the 4./leichte Flak-Abteilung 845.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: AS-L
Takeoff time: 23:17
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Albert Edward Steward RAFVR 116785 (NCO:1378033 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 June, 1942) [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant John Gordon Eldridge DFC and Bar RAFVR 67652 (NCO:932726 : Commission Gazetted Friday 27 June, 1941) [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant John Howard Griffiths RAFVR 1337841 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Stanley Buchan Jobes RAFVR 146941 (NCO:1379067 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 July, 1943) [Killed]
Air Gunner : Pilot Officer John Fryon Sanders RAFVR 146937 (NCO:1333472 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 July, 1943) [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=T2366&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 12:17 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-May-2018 19:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 23-May-2022 07:34 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jun-2022 04:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 18-May-2024 06:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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