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| Date: | Tuesday 2 March 1943 |
| Time: | 20:42 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK495 |
| MSN: | KO-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 5 km West of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Wretham |
| Gardening Frisian Islands |
Took off from RAF East Wretham at 19:21.
Claim by Lt Heinz Grimm 12./NJG 1 - Sea 5km West of Terschelling (Tiger):900m at 20.42.
Also claimed by Flak of 4/M Flak Abt 246 battery Vlieland-Ost (shoot down of enemy aircraft,
exploded 6-10km WNW battery Vlieland-Ost 20:39) Flak claim rejected by Admiral in den Niederlanden 8 July 1943. Victory confirmed for Lt Grimm on 26 November 1944.
The body of Sgt Down RCAF was washed ashore at Ameland on 23 June 1943.
Crew
Pilot: 1384991 Sgt Stanley Gordon Hunt - Runnymede Memorial Panel 154.
Navigator: 1439459 Sgt Arthur Battram - Runnymede Memorial Panel 142.
Bomb Aimer: 1322036 Sgt Kenneth Frederick Bartholomew - Runnymede Memorial Panel 141.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 130527 Plt Off Herbert Whitaker Astin - Runnymede Memorial Panel 130.
Rear Gunner: R/109725 Flt Sgt Alfred James Down RCAF - Ameland (Nes)General Cemetery Plot D Row 13 Grave 11.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2083&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://115squadron-raf.be/crews/Wellington%20Mk%20III%20-%20BK495%20-%20KO-N.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 1 - Theo Boiten
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, ] |
| 07-Feb-2018 09:27 | tachel | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Mar-2018 15:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Mar-2018 13:34 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 20-Jun-2022 02:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 19-Aug-2022 22:38 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 12-Dec-2023 16:09 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jun-2025 11:48 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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