ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52006
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 April 1943 |
| Time: | 03:15 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 196 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HE168 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Poederoijen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield (EGXV) |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: ZO-X
Takeoff time: 00:01
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. G.F. Fletcher 1383620 RAF Poederoijen 1 2-5
Navigator P/O. E.G. Francis 143571 RAF Poederoijen 1 2-5
Bomb aimer Sgt. E.T.D. Hardee 1382065 RAF Poederoijen 1 2-5
Wo ag Sgt. F.T. Pratt 1189940 RAF Poederoijen 1 2-5
Air gunner Sgt. J.A. Hawkins 976658 RAF Poederoijen 1 1
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2213&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 08:09 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2018 18:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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