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Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1943 |
Time: | 01:44 |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | HE923 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near the Boertange to Vlagtwedde road, Groningen prv -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington (EGNJ) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Karl-Heinz Scherfling of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: AS-R
Takeoff time: 22:25
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. A.P. Uditsky R/135043 RCAF Vlagtwedde A 6 1
Navigator F/Sgt. J.T. Macksimchuk R/110747 RCAF Vlagtwedde A 6 1
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. E.N. Moore R/138918 RCAF Vlagtwedde A 6 1
Wo ag Sgt. T.A.S. Buchanan 1123751 RAF Vlagtwedde A 6 1
Air gunner F/Sgt. G.E. Armstrong R/125223 RCAF Vlagtwedde A 6 1
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2273&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
- 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 04:37 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
05-May-2018 07:53 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
02-Nov-2018 18:25 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
14-Jun-2022 09:51 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |