ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51682
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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:11 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 466 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | HF544 |
| MSN: | HD- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer near Urk, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:49 for an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Helmut Lent of the Stab IV./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+AF from Leeuwarden airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Andrew Basil Reginald Airy RAAF Aus/406634 [Killed] Runnymede 191
Navigator : Flying Officer William Eric Riley RAAF Aus/414960 [Killed] Amsterdam 69 B 16 Washed up Urk 5 July 43
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant George Charles Green RAFVR 1255176 [Killed] Runnymede 151
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Thomas Martin Atkinson RAFVR 1266030 [Killed] Runnymede 141
Air Gunner : Sergeant George Ronald Johnson RAFVR 1435337 [Killed] Runnymede 155155
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=HF544&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
http://www.flevolanderfgoed.nl/home/erfgoed/oostelijk-flevoland-2/vliegtuigwrakken-2/vickers-wellington-mk-x-hf544.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 January 1943 | HE471 | 466 Sqn RAAF | 5 | North Sea 15 km W of Texel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 14 February 1943 | HE164 | 466 Sqn RAAF | 3 | De Donken, Meerhout, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
| 23 June 1943 | HE326 | 466 Sqn RAAF | 4 | Hamminkeln, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 4 July 1943 | HF569 | 466 Sqn RAAF | 5 | near Louveigné, Sprimont, Liège | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 12:22 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2017 16:51 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2018 19:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 17:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Jun-2022 21:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Apr-2024 14:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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