ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52303
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HZ520 |
| MSN: | AL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Borkelsedijk, Bergeijk, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, UK |
Claimed shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Werner Baake of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield. Also claimed by Flak of the 4./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 591. Victory Lt. Baake later confirmed by the Luftwaffe.
Takeoff time: 23:36
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. E.A. Eames 1380201 RAF Survived POW
Navigator F/O. E.F. Lapham 130258 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. H.V. Holmes 656099 RAF Eindhoven EE 11
Wo ag Sgt. W.H. Wright 1385666 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner F/O. D.S. Milne J/13068 RCAF Eindhoven EE 72
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2522&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 March 1943 | BK540 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 5 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 23 June 1943 | HF457 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 3 | Houthalen-Helchteren, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | HZ521 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Hamme-Mille, Braibant walon | |
w/o |
| 26 July 1943 | HE803 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 1 | west of Culemborg train station, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 28 July 1943 | JA114 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 3 | near Todenbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 08:46 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2018 14:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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