ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52095
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| Date: | Friday 12 March 1943 |
| Time: | 22:26 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE690 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Hoonaardweg Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, UK |
Hit by heavy Flak upon leaving the target area killing the WOp. The aircraft could not maintain height enough to make it to England and eventually crash-landed. It was claimed shot down by Oblt. Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin, Staffelkapitän of 6./NJG 1, but his claim was rejected.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: PT-U
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant George Henry Cooke RCAF R/122227 [PoW]
Observer : Sergeant John Morris RAF 657790 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Ronald Guy Mercer RAF 657972 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Alexander Robertson Dawson RAFVR 1365781 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Steele McKinnon RCAF R/132284 [PoW]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2118&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Dec-2011 14:56 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2011 15:09 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 12-Mar-2018 18:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 20:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 19-Aug-2022 22:44 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 12-Mar-2024 08:30 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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