ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52069
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| Date: | Monday 29 March 1943 |
| Time: | 23:15 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HE545 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near 'Zonheuvel' estate, Schaarsbergen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Werner Streib of the Stab I/NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+CB from Venlo airfield.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: AS-H
Takeoff time: 20:04
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer James Robert Arthur Hodgson RAFVR 142863 (NCO:1384074 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 May, 1943) [Killed] Arnhem 9
Navigator : Pilot Officer Stanley Robert Farley RAFVR 143877 (NCO:1260193 : Commission Gazetted Monday 01 June, 1942) [Killed] Arnhem 6
Bomb Aimer / Navigator : Pilot Officer Frederick Louis Edward Dupre RCAF J/16408 [Killed] Groesbeek RCAF 15 C 5
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant David Keenan RAFVR 1376154 [Killed] Arnhem 8
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Robert Allen Weese RCAF J/17467 [Killed] Groesbeek RCAF 15 C 6
See the book Letters From A Bomber Pilot (Hodgson, David) : Thames Methuen (ISBN 042301630X) and the video documentary of the same name.
Samatha Farley, the niece of P/O Farley, visited the Wellington at the Conservation Centre at RAFCosford Museum.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2146&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 02:12 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2011 02:50 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location] |
| 28-Mar-2018 15:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Mar-2024 08:14 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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