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Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | HE175 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
Location: | North Sea, 40 km east of RAF Acklington -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Dalton, Uk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Took off 19:35hrs 29 Mar 1943 for Bochum. Last heard by Hull D/F at 01:55hrs when its position was plotted some 25 miles E of Acklington. Missing in North Sea during raid on Bochum, no further details.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant John Basil Martyn RNZAF NZ/415001 [Killed]
Sergeant Kenneth Benjamin RAFVR 1331554 [Killed]
Sergeant John Clifford Donaldson RNZAF NZ/411746 [Killed]
Sergeant Norman Sidney Farr RAFVR 1237623 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Leonard William Hayward RAFVR 1270441 [Killed]
Sources:
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
ORB
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Dec-2011 10:28 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
02-Jan-2021 22:36 |
Juza7 |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
29-Mar-2024 08:25 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |