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| Date: | Sunday 6 December 1942 |
| Time: | 12:39 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Ventura Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 464 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | AE945 |
| MSN: | SB-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Schoolstraat, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
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-E
Takeoff time: 11:20
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Beverly Morton Harvey RCAF R/88469 [Killed] Eindhoven cemetery; grave JJ 141-146
Observer : Warrant Officer Basil Marrows RAFVR 905358 [Killed] Eindhoven cemetery; grave JJ 141-146
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Joseph Butler Alexander MacPherson RAFVR 1194240 [Killed] Eindhoven cemetery; grave JJ 141-146
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Farquharson Proctor RAAF Aus/8063 [Killed] Eindhoven cemetery; grave JJ 134
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1939&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Dec-2017 16:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Oct-2018 09:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 05-Nov-2020 19:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Sep-2024 13:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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