ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52155
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| Date: | Sunday 14 February 1943 |
| Time: | 21:06 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | X3420 |
| MSN: | OW- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grathemerweg Beegden WSW of Roermond Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth |
Shot down by Oblt Manfred Meurer 3./NJG1 - Beegden 5km West of Roermond (5B): 4,400m at 21:06 - flying a Bf 110 or Do 215 B-5 from Venlo airfield. The crew were initially buried at Venlo.
Crew:
Pilot:C/157 Wg Cdr Sedley Stewart Blanchard RCAF - Jonkerbos War Cemetery 18 G 2
Co-Pilot:R/91408 WOII Kenneth William Tutton RCAF Jonkerbos War Cemetery collective Grave 18 G 4-7
Navigator:J/11443 Fg Off Paul Winstanley Jeanneret RCAF - Jonkerbos War Cemetery Collective Grave 18 G 4-7
Bomb Aimer:1259575 Sgt Percival Maurice Corley - Jonkerbos War Cemetery Collective Grave 18 G 4-7
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/93461 Flt Sgt Arthur Grant Longwell RCAF - Jonkerbos War Cemetery Collective Grave 18 G 4-7
Air Gunner:R/130109 Flt Sgt Joseph Henry Eveline RCAF - Jonkerbos War Cemetery 18 G 3
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2060&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Nov-2017 07:28 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 13-Feb-2018 16:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2018 16:24 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
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