ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52433
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| Date: | Sunday 6 December 1942 |
| Time: | 12:25 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Ventura Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AJ196 |
| MSN: | EG-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Woensdrecht Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
Takeoff at 11:20 hrs for ‘Operation Oyster’, a pin-point daylight raid on the Philips electrical works at Eindhoven.
The aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed.
Pilot / W/Cdr. F.C. Seavill 29216 RAF / Bergen op Zoom cemetery; grave 3 C 9
Navigator/ Bomb Aimer / F/O. J.A.W. Withers J/10182 RCAF / Bergen op Zoom cemetery; grave 3 B 12
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. F.E. King R/106627 RCAF / Bergen op Zoom RCAF cemetery; grave 1 A 6
Air Gunner / Sgt. T.M. Richings 1066223 RAF / Bergen op Zoom RCAF cemetery 1 A 1
Sources:
The Lockheed Twins / P.J. Marson
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1940&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.bol.com/nl/p/operation-oyster/9200000024920800/?Referrer=ADVNLPPcefede000685d99d000696e81a000004830
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-May-2010 06:36 | harro | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2017 11:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Oct-2018 07:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2020 18:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2022 05:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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