Accident Lockheed Ventura Mk I AE702, Sunday 6 December 1942
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Date:Sunday 6 December 1942
Time:12:39
Type:Silhouette image of generic L37 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed Ventura Mk I
Owner/operator:464 Sqn RAAF
Registration: AE702
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Location:Philips factory near Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Feltwell
Destination airport:
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-Q
Takeoff time: 11:20
Crew:
Pilot F/O Maurice Gordon Moor J/10139 RCAF Eindhoven JJ 141-146
Navigator F/O Nathan Cohen 120429 RAF Eindhoven JJ 136
Wireless op P/O Sidney Alfred Venneear 123683 RAF Eindhoven JJ 138
Air gunner Sgt Mervy Lionel Vivian Hass 414026 RAAF Eindhoven JJ 139

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1935&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
17-Aug-2012 13:15 harro Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ]
05-Dec-2017 16:13 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
19-Oct-2018 09:18 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ]
09-Oct-2025 08:48 Anon. Updated [Narrative, ]

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