ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52408
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| Date: | Sunday 20 December 1942 |
| Time: | 20:19 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ589 |
| MSN: | GT-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Helios villa at Heijen, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys |
| Duisburg |
Took off from RAF Warboys at 18:20.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 1./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield - (claim) Heijen 20 km southeast of Nijmegen (5213 prob, 5A): 300m at 20:19.
Pilot:136017 Flt Sgt G A Proudfoot PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 27356
Navigator:1184935 Sgt Malcolm Ronald Wallis - Jonkerbos War Cemetery 12 D 1-2
Wireless operator/Air Gunner:1191329 Sgt Cyril Calvert - Jonkerbos War Cemetery 12 D 1-2
Observer: 1528610 Sgt J E Madden PoW/Injured and confined to hospital
Air Gunner:J/16883 Plt Off James Connacher Jackes RCAF - Jonkerbos War Cemetery 12 D 1-2
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1961&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Dec-2011 08:09 | gerritgerda | Updated [Location] |
| 06-Nov-2017 07:29 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 19-Dec-2017 17:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2017 18:20 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 10:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2019 12:36 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2020 19:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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