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| Date: | Friday 26 February 1943 |
| Time: | 21:35 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | Z1599 |
| MSN: | OW-b |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boerdonk, Erp, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth |
| Koln |
Took off from RAF Dishforth at 18:50.
Claim by Oblt Manfred Meurer 3/NJG1 - Erp 4km West of Gemert (5B): 3,600m at 21:35.
Crashed at Boerdonk near Erp (Noord-Brabant)
Plt Off Moncton RCAF was reinterred to Groesbeek War Cemetery on 21 November 1945.
WOII Vey RCAF captured on 26 February 1943 near Koln.
Crew
Pilot: R/105715 Flt Sgt Harry Rands RCAF - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJB Grave 30.
Navigator: J/10892 Fg Off John Philip Monckton RCAF - Groesbeek War Cemetery Plot XVI Row F Grave 12.
Bomb Aimer: R/106564 WOII Howard Edwin Vey RCAF - PoW/Wounded/Dulag Luft Frankfurt/Stalag 344 Lamsdorf Stalag IVB Muhlberg/ PoW Number 27665.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/105794 Flt Sgt William Wilson Cameron RCAF - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJB Grave 32.
Air Gunner: 1385800 Sgt Robert Williams - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJB Grave 31.
Air Gunner: 1383733 Sgt Richard Edward Dean - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJB Grave 29.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2069&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One by Theo Boiten
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1943 - W R Chorley
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Nov-2017 07:28 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 24-Feb-2018 18:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Oct-2018 12:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 05-May-2025 12:57 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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