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| Date: | Saturday 30 January 1943 |
| Time: | 13:31 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 466 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | HE397 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km N of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield (EGXV) |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Wolfgang Kuthe of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Emden
Call Sign: HD-
Takeoff time: 11:06
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Cyril John Simmonds RAFVR 115545 (NCO:1375437 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 17 February, 1942) [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Gilbert Campbell Baker RAF 657594 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Arthur George RAFVR 1345755 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Ernest Rew RAFVR 1187995 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant George Edward Watts RAFVR 1381437 [Killed]
All are commorated at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2018&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
nachtjagd combat archive 1943 part one
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 07:15 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Jan-2018 18:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Aug-2018 10:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 07-May-2024 18:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-May-2024 18:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative, ] |
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