ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52142
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| Date: | Friday 26 February 1943 |
| Time: | 22:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | BJ886 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vleut SW of St Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Ofw. Fritz Kruse of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 or Do 215 B-5 from Venlo airfield.
Claim location: 3 km west of St Oedenrode, north of Eindhoven at 4900 meters at 22:30
Target: Köln
Takeoff time: 18:49
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. W.E. Harwood 656219 RAF Eindhoven JJB 23
Observer P/O. O.H. Skelton J/18375 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 D 10 from UK
Observer Sgt. H.J. Steel 1162703 RAF Eindhoven JJB 27
Wo ag Sgt. V.M. Caplin 1333385 RAF Eindhoven JJB 26
Wo ag F/Sgt. T.C. Smith R/113431 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 D 8
Air gunner Sgt. C.F. Leach 1333385 RCAF USA buried Newton Massachusetts
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2070&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One by Theo Boiten
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Nov-2017 07:28 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 24-Feb-2018 18:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2018 19:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2022 15:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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