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| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:16 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE864 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marsweg, Ittersum, near Zwolle, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dalton, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Emil Heinzelmann of the 8./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: NA-D
Takeoff time: 22:35
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Dennis Wilbert Johnson RCAF R/120884 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant John Prosnyck RCAF R/110932 [Killed]
Sergeant James Lennox Boyd RCAF R/61778 [PoW]
Sergeant Jean Joseph Levasseur RCAF R/113949 [PoW]
Sergeant Donald Edward Thomson RCAF R/79019 [PoW]
The casualties lie at the Zwolle (De Kranenburg) General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.531675 / 6.134381)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2275&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
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 03:56 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-May-2018 08:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 23-Dec-2024 07:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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