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Date: | Monday 26 July 1943 |
Time: | 01:52 |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 466 Sqn RAAF |
Registration: | HZ580 |
MSN: | HD-C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea 20 km W of Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield (EGXV) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wolfgang Knieling of the 4./NJG 5 (detached to 1./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:46
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. R.E. Thorpe 416794 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 194
Observer Sgt. C.R. Cowan 410459 RAAF Noordwijk 6 3 Washed up 12 Aug 43
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. D.P. Speechley 410177 RAAF Den Haag 4 71
Wo ag Sgt. W. Harper 415379 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 192
Air gunner F/Sgt. J. Harrison Owen 400392 RAAF Den Haag 4 73
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2711&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= - Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
30-Dec-2011 08:52 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
24-Jul-2018 14:21 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
23-Oct-2018 20:00 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
15-Jun-2022 15:52 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |