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| Date: | Sunday 20 December 1942 |
| Time: | 20:13 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 425 (Alouette) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | Z1729 |
| MSN: | KW-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boekel, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth |
| Duisburg |
Took off from RAF Dishforth at 17:53.
Claim by Hptm Werner Streib Stab I/NJG1 - between Erp and Boekel South Nijmegen (5244 5B): 3,600m at 20:13. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives The Early Years Part 3 - Theo Boiten)
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Leslie Frank Causley RAF 136808 [PoW]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Pierre Augustine Guy Martel RCAF J/16503 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Joseph Henri Jacques Cholette RCAF J/16502 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Jean Paul Alban Raymond RCAF R/77340 : Commission Gazetted Friday 23 February, 1940) [Killed]
Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Charles William Horley Roy RCAF R/55159 [Killed]
Sergeant Harold Mohin RAF 1129516 [PoW]
Those who perished were initially buried at Eindhoven but now lie at the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands (51.797934 / 5.930606)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1962&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
(Nachtjagd Combat Archives The Early Years Part 3 - Theo Boiten)
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Nov-2017 07:28 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 19-Dec-2017 17:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Oct-2018 18:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 07-Oct-2019 12:35 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Nov-2020 18:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, ] |
| 31-Jul-2024 06:55 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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