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| Date: | Monday 3 May 1943 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Ventura Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AJ478 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | North sea 19 km W of IJmuiden, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Methwold |
Shot down by Unteroffizier H. Fuchs of the 4./JG 1, flying an Fw 190A from Woensdrecht airfield.
Operation: Ramrod – short range bomber attacks to destroy ground targets, similar to Circus attacks
Target: Amsterdam, local power plant
Call Sign: EG-A
Takeoff time: 16:43
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Owen Ellice Foster RNZAF NZ/415067 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Thomas Alfred Penn RNZAF NZ/414336 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Russell Walter Mann RAAF Aus/411357 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Timothy William Warner RNZAF NZ/414363 [Fatal Injury], buried at the Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Holland
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2248&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-May-2018 19:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Oct-2018 07:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 18-Jun-2022 13:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 02-May-2024 14:39 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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