Date:	Monday 26 July 1943
Time:	01:30
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:	429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF
Registration:	HE803
MSN:	AL-
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	west of Culemborg train station, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF East Moor, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Shot down by the crew of Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank & Feldwebel Erich Gotter of the Stab I./NJG 1, flying Heinkel He 219 V10 G9+FB from Venlo airfield.
Also claimed by Flak, but the claim of Hptm Frank was subsequently confirmed.

Take off at 22:39hrs for operation to Essen, Germany
Crew:
Pilot F/O.K.M. Johnston (J/16067) RCAF : killed
Navigator Sgt.H.W. Clarke (R/130684) RCAF: Survived /POW
Bomb aimer Sgt.F.W.R. Frost (1320228) RAFVR: Survived /POW
WOp/AG Sgt.J.A.M. Lortie (R/79144) RCAF: Survived /POW
Air gunner Lt.J.C. Elliott (O-885955) USAAF: Survived /POW

1.Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
2.https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
3.Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989

4.'He 219' by R. Francis Ferguson
5.CWGC

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

30 March 1943	BK540	429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF	5	North Sea		mis
22 June 1943	HZ520	429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF	2	Borkelsedijk, Bergeijk, Noord-Brabant		w/o
22 June 1943	HZ519	429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF	5	into 'Het Keeten' near Stavenisse, Zeeland		w/o
22 June 1943	HZ517	429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF	5	Poelakkerweg, Buggenum, Limburg		w/o
22 June 1943	HE981	429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF	5	Langeweg, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant		w/o
23 June 1943	HF457	429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF	3	Houthalen-Helchteren, Limburg		w/o
25 June 1943	HZ521	429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF	5	Hamme-Mille, Braibant walon		w/o
28 July 1943	JA114	429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF	3	near Todenbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein		w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
30-Dec-2011 03:59	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Jul-2018 13:03	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Oct-2018 15:59	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
22-Jan-2019 13:36	TigerTimon	Updated [Narrative]
26-Jun-2021 11:52	TigerTimon	Updated [Source, Narrative]
26-Jun-2021 12:06	TigerTimon	Updated [Narrative]