Incident Vickers Wellington Mk III BK340,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52102
 
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Date:Friday 12 March 1943
Time:21:58
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:425 (Alouette) Sqn RCAF
Registration: BK340
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Westfriese Dijk, Aartswoud, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Dishforth
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by Lt. Oskar Köstler of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Bergen airfield.

Target: Essen
Call Sign: KW-T
Takeoff time: 19:12
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Joseph Georges Gilles Claude Lamontagne RCAF R/104784 [PoW]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Adrien Walter Brown RCAF R/104832 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Joseph Adrian Vincent Gauthier RCAF R/72626 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant J R A Gouley RCAF [PoW, repatriated]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant M J A J Aumond RCAF [PoW, repatriated]

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2120&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
06-Nov-2017 07:28 Laurent Rizzotti Updated [Aircraft type]
12-Mar-2018 19:20 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Oct-2018 18:03 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
14-Oct-2018 15:29 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
22-Jun-2022 15:22 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
19-Aug-2022 22:45 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
12-Mar-2024 08:33 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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