ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49858
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 September 1944 |
| Time: | 18:46 |
| Type: |  Hawker Tempest Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 274 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EJ611 |
| MSN: | JJ-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wezepsche Heide heath, Wezep, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.70 Antwerp/Deurne, Belgium |
The aircraft had taken off at 16:15 hrs for an escort flight with others to attack trains in the Netherlands. This was when the Dutch had refused to drive the trains so it was known that all trains moving were enemy military and mainly moving arms etc to the front line in the months after Arnhem.
Over Gelderland, hit by Flak and crashed at the Kamperveld.
Pïlot: F/Sgt W.L.F. Randall - Hidden by the Dutch resistance for 6months not a POW. A lengthy narrative of this time exists.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4408&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Directly from the pilot . He is my father! Also ,from visit to and discussions with staff at the Dutch Resistance museum in Amsterdam
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 April 1945 | NV990 | 274 Sqn RAF | 0 | 3 km southwest of Hengelo, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Apr-2011 15:17 | ThW | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2012 12:44 | phil randall | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2012 12:47 | phil randall | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2013 07:18 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2019 19:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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