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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 04:06 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HZ280 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer 15 km east of Wieringen, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington (EGNJ) |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Kurt Scherer of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: AS-Q
Takeoff time: 00:01
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer William Wahl RCAF J/20354 [Killed] Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Netherlands (52.346631 / 4.938324) 69 C 14
Navigator : Sergeant Stuart Arthur Hamilton Davis RCAF R/135103 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 March, 1943) [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Harry Wilson Newby RCAF J/20835 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant William Norman Partridge RCAF R/114771 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 February, 1942) [Killed] Washed up near Stavoren 27 May 43 Stavoren General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.882179 / 5.360641) I 130
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Arnold Wright RCAF R/20253 [PoW, repatriated]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2316&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 08:27 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-May-2018 15:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 21-Jun-2024 08:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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