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| Date: | Friday 12 March 1943 |
| Time: | 21:35 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ756 |
| MSN: | KO-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer 20 km SW of Urk, in Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Wretham |
| Essen |
Took off from RAF East Wretham at 20:07.
Claim by Lt Oskar Kostler 10/NJG1 - Ijsselmeer 20km South West of Urk (Hering): 2,800m at 21:35. Claim not listed in OKL/RLM 10/NJG1. Confirmed Abschussubersicht.
Crashed into IJsselmeer 20 km South West of Urk.
The body of Flt Sgt Moffatt RCAF washed ashore near Bunschoten on 12 June 1943 at 07:00.
Crew
Pilot: 552269 Sgt Leo Patrick Fallon - Runnymede Memorial Panel 149.
Navigator: 1436220 Sgt William Eric Akrill - Runnymede Memorial Panel 140.
Bomb Aimer: 655677 Sgt Leonard George Collings - Runnymede Memorial Panel 15.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1295572 Sgt Charles James Joseph Whitton Lamb - Runnymede Memorial Panel 156.
Rear Gunner: R/105883 Flt Sgt Curtis MacKinnon Moffatt RCAF - Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery Plot 13 Row 7 Grave 137.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2115&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Nov-2017 07:28 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 12-Mar-2018 08:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 15-Jun-2022 17:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 17-Jun-2022 21:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 23-Aug-2025 11:20 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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