ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207253
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Date: | Tuesday 9 March 1943 |
Time: | 22:30 |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | BK429 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea off Blåvandshuk or North Sea 50 km northwest of List -
Denmark
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by Flak or shot down by Ofw. Karl Haisch of the 4./NJG 3, flying a Bf 110 or Do 217 from Westerland airfield, Germany.
Operation: Gardening - mine-laying operations
Target area: 'Forget-Me-Nots' and 'Nectarines' (code names)
Call Sign: AL-
Takeoff time: 18:52
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Kenneth Alfred Holbech RAFVR 1387125 [Killed]
Flying Officer David I'Anson Cartwright RAFVR 124313 (NCO:1318510 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 29 September, 1942) [Killed]
Sergeant John Ernest Walter Heydon RAFVR 1292990 [Killed]
Sergeant Robert Richard Parry RAFVR 1501195 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Joseph Neree Andre Mauric Tremblay RCAF R/117594 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/18804-BK4291943-03-10.html Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Mar-2018 13:14 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
09-Mar-2018 21:14 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
09-Oct-2018 20:18 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
09-Mar-2024 14:05 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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