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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:28 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE157 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Noordschans, municipality Klundert, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth (EGXD) |
| RAF Dishforth (EGXD) |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Karl Leopold of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: OW-
Takeoff time: 23:49
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Class II Kenneth Franklin Fighter RCAF R/106603 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer George McMillan RCAF J/14772 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant David Chester Maxwell RCAF R/125618 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Eric William Betts RAFVR 1219830 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Howard Ralph Drake RCAF J/14815 [Killed]
All the casualties lie at the Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Holland (51.502028 / 4.332920)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2300&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
https://caspir.warplane.com/bin/warplanero.exe?action=webprograms&subaction=personneldocument&personnelno=600026082
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ruhr
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 08:04 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-May-2018 19:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Oct-2018 12:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 07-May-2023 13:36 | harro | Updated |
| 11-May-2024 06:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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