ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140832
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| Date: | Thursday 15 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:43 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE374 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Birmenstorf, Baden, Aargau -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn |
Damaged by a Ju 88 night fighter and by heavy Flak prior to reaching Stuttgart. The aircraft bombed on one engine and then set course for Switzerland, the crew all bailing out safely near Baden.
Claimed destroyed by heavy Flak units.
Target: Stuttgart
Call Sign: SE-X
Takeoff time: 21:08
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant James V Avery RAF 1041098 [Interned, repatriated]
Navigator : Sergeant Willliam H Shields RAF 1334523 [Interned, repatriated]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Wilfred Boddy RAF 1577663 [Interned, repatriated]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Joseph C Cash RAF 1078263 [Interned, repatriated]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Ronald A McEwan RCAF 6190 [Interned, repatriated]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/18725-HE3741943-04-15.html
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/19912/?page=2
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 09:35 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 26-Jan-2012 06:00 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Jun-2016 19:57 | TB | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2018 10:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 16:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2024 07:09 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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