ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52305
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:34 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HZ517 |
| MSN: | AL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Poelakkerweg, Buggenum, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, UK |
Shot down by night fighter night fighter pilot Hauptmann Siegfried Wandam of the 1./NJG 5 (detached to Stab II./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium.
Takeoff time: 23:35
Crew:
Pilot P/O. G.H. De Bussac J/17554 RCAF Jonkerbos 15 H 1 Initially buried Venlo
Navigator P/O. M.B. Spence J/17487 RCAF Jonkerbos 11 I 8 Initially buried Venlo
Bomb aimer F/O. W.A. Follows J/12302 RCAF Jonkerbos 15 H 2 Initially buried Venlo
Wo ag F/Sgt. G.D. Coe R/109811 RCAF Jonkerbos 11 I 7 Initially buried Venlo
Air gunner Sgt. D.E. Palmatier R/116471 RCAF Jonkerbos 11 I 6 Initially buried Venlo
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2520&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 March 1943 | BK540 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 5 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 23 June 1943 | HF457 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 3 | Houthalen-Helchteren, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | HZ521 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Hamme-Mille, Braibant walon | |
w/o |
| 26 July 1943 | HE803 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 1 | west of Culemborg train station, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 28 July 1943 | JA114 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 3 | near Todenbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 08:41 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2018 14:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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