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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:21 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE423 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kouwenhovenselaan, Zeist, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: AL-
Takeoff time: 00:03
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Basil Alfred Alexander Geale RAFVR 131641 (NCO:912101 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 November, 1942) [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Howard Allen Tennis RCAF J/16322 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Class II James Samuel Vose RCAF R/93441 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Joseph Piggott RAFVR 1282904 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Raymond Thomas Crimmins RCAF R/131089 [Killed]
All lie at the Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.158212 / 5.369235)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2302&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 03:17 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-May-2018 10:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 11-May-2024 06:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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