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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HZ520 |
| MSN: | AL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Borkelsedijk, Bergeijk, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, UK |
Claimed shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Werner Baake of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield. Also claimed by Flak of the 4./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 591. Victory Lt. Baake later confirmed by the Luftwaffe.
Takeoff time: 23:36
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Edward Alexander Eames RAF 1380201 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Eric Francis Lapham RAF 130258 (NCO:1315421 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 November, 1942) [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Hugh Victor Holmes RAFVR 656099 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William Henry Wright RAF 1383566 [PoW]
Air Gunner : Flying Officer Douglas Stewart Milne RCAF J/13068 [Killed]
The two casualties lie at the Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Netherlands (51.455234 / 5.482214)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2522&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 08:46 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jun-2018 14:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 06-Jul-2025 06:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jul-2025 06:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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