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| Date: | Monday 10 August 1942 |
| Time: | 03:07 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | Z1463 |
| MSN: | UV-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Remmelinkdijk road, Keijenborg, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton |
Takeoff at 00:10 hrs local time for an operation to Osnabrück in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield.
All five rest in the Hengelo (Gelderland) cemetery:
Pilot / F/Sgt. J.A. Finlay 403175 RAAF / grave 1
Observer / W/O. N. Dan 403561 RAAF / grave 4
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / F/Sgt. S.B. Goord 39099 RNzAF / grave 2
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / Sgt. R.A. Ponton 401080 RAAF / grave 5
Air Gunner / F/Sgt. K.A. Smith 402832 RAAF / grave 3
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1769&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 |
| 14-Aug-2017 15:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 15-May-2020 09:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Aug-2022 08:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Embed code, Category, ] |
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