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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:21 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE981 |
| MSN: | AL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Langeweg, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Paul Förster of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:27
Crew:
Pilot F/O. L.F. Lown J/13992 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 25 C 1-2 Initially buried Breda
Navigator Sgt. A.J. Sieffert R/119786 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 25 C 1-2 Initially buried Breda
Bomb aimer Sgt. J.K. Wood R/82786 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 25 C 1-2 Initially buried Breda
Wo ag Sgt. A.S. Rhodes R/131818 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 25 C 1-2 Initially buried Breda
Air gunner Sgt. W.H. Calder R/116334 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 25 C 1-2 Initially buried Breda
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2519
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 04:42 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jun-2018 17:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 13-Jun-2023 10:57 | TigerTimon | Updated |
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