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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:17 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE321 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hasseler Es, near Deurningen, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dalton, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: NA-Z
Takeoff time: 23:42
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Alan Edgar Hatch RCAF R/120614 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Raymond Lamport Baumgarten RCAF J/14523 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Douglas Ray Horwood RCAF R/127814 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 September, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William Leven RAFVR 1077731 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Charles Clifford Hildreth RCAF R/145781 [Killed]
All lie at the Weerselo (Deurningen) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Netherlands (52.300839 / 6.838412)
Sources:
1 https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2301&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
2 Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
3 Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
4. http://oorlogsdodendinkelland.nl/slachtoffers/oude-gemeente-weerselo/
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 06:43 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2016 16:20 | Bert | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-May-2018 10:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 11-May-2024 06:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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