ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52194
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| Date: | Saturday 30 January 1943 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 466 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | HE471 |
| MSN: | HD- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 15 km W of Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield (EGXV) |
Takeoff at 11:14 LT for an operation to Emden in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by fighter pilot Unteroffizier Herbert Hänel of the 12./JG 1, who was flying Fw 190 A-4 'gelbe 6'.
In return, the Focke-Wulf was hit by debris from the Wellington and crashed. Hänel did not survive the encounter either. He has no known grave.
Crew:-Pilot : Sergeant Leslie Frederick Axby RAFVR 1335145 [Killed] (No known grave)
Observer : Sergeant James Hay Armstrong Beath RAF 655653 [Killed] (Burried at Esbjerg, Denmark)
Crew : Flight Sergeant Wilfred Jackson RAFVR 1379812 [Killed] (No known grave)
Crew : Sergeant Donald Durham RNZAF NZ/413702 [Killed] (No known grave)
Crew : Flying Officer Terrance George Watson RAFVR 119462 (NCO:978376 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 June, 1942) [Killed] (No known grave)
Sources:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=53189&
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
http://www.ww2.dk/oob/bestand/jagd/bijg1.html
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG1.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Faldne Allierede Flyvere 1939-1945 (Anders Bjornvad)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 February 1943 | HE164 | 466 Sqn RAAF | 3 | De Donken, Meerhout, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
| 23 June 1943 | HE326 | 466 Sqn RAAF | 4 | Hamminkeln, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 26 June 1943 | HF544 | 466 Sqn RAAF | 5 | IJsselmeer near Urk, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 4 July 1943 | HF569 | 466 Sqn RAAF | 5 | near Louveigné, Sprimont, Liège | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 03:29 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2018 18:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Jan-2020 23:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 06:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Jan-2024 07:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2024 14:22 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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