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| Date: | Tuesday 23 March 1943 |
| Time: | 21:18 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 196 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HE167 |
| MSN: | ZO-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield (EGXV) |
| Gardening |
Gardening - Nectarines Region
Took off from RAF Leconfield at 19:22.
Hit by Flak of 6/M Flak Abt 246 battery Terschelling Ost. Crashed in flames in Waddensea at 21:18.
Sgt Booth was captured on 23 March 1943 at Terschelling (Frisian Islands)
He was wounded and was in hospital at Dulag Luft Frankfurt and kept there for three weeks his final week Sgt Booth was solitary confinement being questioned.
Escape attempt:- Alon with WO Waite RAF PoW Number 1041 whilst being transferred to
another camp. Free for five days and then learned that the British had arrived and returned to camp (April 1945). (PoW Questionnaire)
Crew
Pilot: NZ/404613 Sgt Henry Cavell Duckmanton RNZAF - Terschelling (West Terschelling) General Cemetery Grave 88.
Navigator: 1101027 Sgt Douglas Robert Jeffrey - Terschelling (West Terschelling) General Cemetery Grave 90.
Bomb Aimer: 1331344 Sgt Basil John France Crook - Terschelling (West Terschelling) General Cemetery Grave 87.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1190213 Sgt Samuel Robert Outra Hermon - Terschelling (West Terschelling) General Cemetery Grave 89.
Rear Gunner: 986071 Sgt Edwin Webster Booth - PoW/Dulag Luft Frankfurt Hospital/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug/Stalag 357 Thorn- Fallingbostal/PoW Number 980.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2136&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 1 - Theo Boiten
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 08:06 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Mar-2018 11:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Mar-2018 20:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 20-Jun-2022 02:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 23-Mar-2024 07:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Sep-2025 14:45 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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