ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52656
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| Date: | Friday 31 July 1942 |
| Time: | 23:47 |
| Type: |  Douglas DB-7B Boston Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | W8326 |
| MSN: | TH-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hoeverweg, Egmond aan den Hoef, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex |
Boston W8326: Took off for Operation flight / intruder mission over Leeuwarden airfield. 31/07/1942
Hit by light Flak of the II. Zug 3./leichte Flak-Abteilung 764 and the I.-IV. Zug 3./leichte Flak-Abteilung 845;
Crashed in Hoeverweg, Egmond aan den Hoef, Noord-Holland at 23:47 hrs.
The crew:
P/O.(J/8402) R.S. Patterson (pilot) RCAF - killed
P/O.(J/9511) M.G. Abey (obs.) RCAF - killed
F/Sgt.(R/54319) C.O. O'Brien (WOp/AG) RCAF - killed
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1735
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
ORB 418 Sqdn RCAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 May 1942 | W8318 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 3 | Akkerwoude, Damwâld (Damwoude), Friesland | |
w/o |
| 24 June 1942 | Z2171 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 3 | near Schiphol Airfield, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 10 July 1942 | W8304 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 3 | mouth of the Schelde estuary, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Aug-2017 09:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2018 07:49 | XindelX | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2020 08:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 09:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Jul-2022 18:57 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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