ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209263
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| Date: | Thursday 15 April 1943 |
| Time: | 01:46 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 425 (Alouette) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | X3763 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mussey-sur-Marne, on the W bank of the Marne, 8 km S of Joinville -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Franz Draude of the 4./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 or Do 217N from Saint-Dizier airfield.
Target: Stuttgart
Call Sign: KW-L
Takeoff time: 21:07
Crew:-
Pilot : F/O Alexandre Theodore Doucette DFC RCAF J/15960 [Killed]
2/Pilot : Sgt Albert Jones RAFVR 1234135 [Killed]
Obs : Sgt Derek Vollans RAF 656175 [Killed]
Nav : F/O Joseph Omer Leopold Desroches DFC RCAF J/15820 [Killed]
A/G : F/O Georges Paul Henri Ledoux RCAF J/16270 [Killed]
A/G : W/O2 Pierre Paul Trudeau RCAF R/79441 [Killed]
All rest in Mussey-sur Marne Communal Cemetery.
Imperial War Museums has an image of this aircraft in its care. This can be seen at https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205260193 .
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/19155-X37631943-04-15.html
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/05675.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2018 12:49 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 14-Apr-2018 12:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Apr-2018 12:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2018 18:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Nov-2019 15:23 | ALAN MACKAY | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2022 07:39 | Richard | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2022 14:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2023 05:30 | Pierre | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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