Accident Lockheed Ventura Mk II AJ213, Sunday 6 December 1942
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Date:Sunday 6 December 1942
Time:12:18
Type:Silhouette image of generic L37 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed Ventura Mk II
Owner/operator:464 Sqn RAAF
Registration: AJ213
MSN: 4351
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Feltwell
Destination airport:Eindhoven
Narrative:
Shot down by Flak.

Operation: ‘Operation Oyster’, a pin-point daylight raid on the Philips electrical works at Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
Call Sign: SB-N
Takeoff time: 11:20
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. Stanley Carles Moss 408513 RAAF Survived pow
Navigator Sgt Reginald Amrose Wagner 1293901 RAF Survived pow
Wo ag Sgt John Albert Wallis 1377049 RAF Survived pow
Air gunner SSgt Frederick George Lindsay 411921 RAAF Survived pow

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1941&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
05-Dec-2017 21:41 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
05-Dec-2017 21:42 TigerTimon Updated [Damage, ]
19-Oct-2018 09:19 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ]
05-Nov-2020 20:00 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Damage, ]
08-Oct-2024 06:34 MartynB66 Updated [Cn, ]
09-Oct-2025 08:47 Anon. Updated [Narrative, ]

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