ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51706
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 03:35 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HZ518 |
| MSN: | QO-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km W of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skipton-on-Swale |
Takeoff at 23:05 for an operation to Wuppertal, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the Stab IV./NJG 5 (detached to 1./NJG 1), flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. J.J.C. Mercier R/135156 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 185
Navigator F/O. J.R.G. Gingras J/22212 RCAF Bergen NH 2 C 26 Washed up pole 36.3 near Egmond aan Zee 29th Aug 43
Bomb aimer Sgt. M.R. Deverell R/158749 RCAF Bergen op zoom RCAF 8 F 2 Washed up near Ouddorp
Wo ag Sgt. M.P. Tobin 1312182 RAF Runnymede Memorial 167
Air gunner F/Sgt. J.M.C. Lagace R/55654 RCAF Den Haag 4 69 Washed up near Scheveningen 10th Jul 43
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=HZ518&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 08:50 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Dec-2018 13:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2018 21:02 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2022 01:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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