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| Date: | Monday 24 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:25 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE281 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Meyer farm, Zendvelderweg, near Buurse, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire (EGXD) |
Shot down by a Bf 110 G-4 (coded G9+AD) of the Stab III./NJG 1, flown by Hauptmann Wolfgang Thimmig during a raid on Dortmund.
Call Sign: OW-
Takeoff time: 23:06
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Leslie Gordon Sutherland RCAF R/99732 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant William Dunkerley RAFVR 1450680 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Sydney Jepson RAFVR 1211239 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Kenneth Howard Masterson RCAF R/90238 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Levie Afrien Rivest RCAF R/108468 [Killed]
All lie at the Haaksbergen General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.156455 / 6.745260)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2368&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Feb-2009 11:18 | dekempe | Updated |
| 17-Jun-2009 09:14 | w.bleumink | Updated |
| 30-Dec-2011 07:36 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Aug-2012 13:06 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 06-Jun-2013 17:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 23-May-2018 08:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-May-2018 19:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 12-Oct-2018 12:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 18-May-2024 07:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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