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| Date: | Sunday 6 December 1942 |
| Time: | 12:39 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Ventura Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE902 |
| MSN: | 4245 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Woensel, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
Hit by Flak.
Operation: ‘Operation Oyster’, a pin-point daylight raid on the Philips electrical works at Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
Call Sign: EG-W
Takeoff time: 11:23
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant John Llewellyn Greening RAF 533208 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Eric Charles Mowforth RAFVR 1038399 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant David Harold Harries RAFVR 1377756 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Bernard Hadyn Thomas RAFVR 1318061 [Killed]
All lie at the Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Netherlands Grave 131, 132, 133 and 135 (51.455234 / 5.482214)
Sources:
The Lockheed Twins / P.J. Marsden
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1937&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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 |
| 29-May-2010 04:44 | harro | Updated [Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Dec-2011 04:56 | alexander | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Aug-2012 13:14 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Dec-2017 16:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Oct-2018 07:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 27-Jul-2025 06:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2025 13:55 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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