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| Date: | Sunday 6 December 1942 |
| Time: | 12:17 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Ventura Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE701 |
| MSN: | EG-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | North Sea off Oostkapelle, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
Hit by Flak or shot down by Fw. Ratshofer of the 5./JG 1, flying an Fw 190 A-4.
Operation: ‘Operation Oyster’, a pin-point daylight raid on the Philips electrical works at Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
Call Sign: EG-F
Takeoff time: 11:20
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Alexander Gordon Paterson RCAF R/102339 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Edward John Florida Vick RAFVR 1331780 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Sidney James Isaac RAFVR 1378292 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Bernard Hadyn Thomas RAFVR 1318061 [Killed]
All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1934&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 22:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Oct-2018 07:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 05-Nov-2020 20:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Oct-2024 06:33 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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