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| Date: | Monday 7 September 1942 |
| Time: | 04:55 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3867 |
| MSN: | AA-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | dummy airfield 'De Kiek' at Brakel hamlet, Riel, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Takeoff at 00:05 hrs local time for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Walter Ehle & Oberfeldwebel Ludwig Leidenbach of the Stab II./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110, coded G9+DF from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium.
All five rest at Tilburg:
Pilot / F/Sgt. W.R. Parkes 403822 RNzAF / grave A 1 27-28
Observer / Sgt. H.V.G. Crawford 404339 RNzAF / grave A 1 27-28
Wireless Operator / Sgt. G.H. Rose 391713 RNzAF / grave A 1 27-28
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / F/Sgt. A.L. Groves 403574 RNzAF / grave A 1 27-28
Air Gunner / F/Sgt. E.G. Wilson 403035 RNzAF / grave A 1 27
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1813&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Sep-2017 12:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 25-May-2020 10:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-May-2020 10:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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