ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51898
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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 04:06 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HZ280 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer 15 km east of Wieringen, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington (EGNJ) |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Kurt Scherer of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: AS-Q
Takeoff time: 00:01
Crew:
Pilot F/O. W. Wahl J/20354 RCAF Amsterdam 69 C 14
Navigator Sgt. S.A.H. Davis R/135103 RCAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer F/O. H.W. Newby J/20835 RCAF Survived POW
Wo ag F/Sgt. W.N. Partridge R/114771 RCAF Stavoren I 30 Washed up near Stavoren 27 May 43
Air gunner Sgt. J.A. Wright R/87125 RCAF Survived POW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2316&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- 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 08:27 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-May-2018 15:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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