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| Date: | Sunday 6 December 1942 |
| Time: | 12:32 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Ventura Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE940 |
| MSN: | YH-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Philips factory building 'SQ' Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant. -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Methwold, Norfolk |
Ventura AE940/T: Took off at 11:27 hrs for Operation Oyster’, a pin-point daylight raid on the Philips electrical works at Eindhoven NL. 06/12/1942
Shot down by enemy Flak, crashing 12:32hrs in the target area.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Samuel Smith RAFVR 82499 (NCO:365793 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 July, 1940) [Killed]
Observer : Flight Lieutenant Wallace Martin DFC RAAF Aus/402450 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Walter Percy Gregory RAFVR 961670 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Thomas Milton RAFVR 1378025 [Killed]
All lie at the Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Netherlands (51.455234 / 5.482214)
F/Lt Martin was the Squadron bombing leader.
Sources:
1. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl.
2. ORB
3. CWGC
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Dec-2017 16:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jan-2018 15:00 | XindelX | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Nov-2020 19:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Apr-2025 06:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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