ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51683
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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:17 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 196 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HE412 |
| MSN: | ZO- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:41 for an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Hit by the night fighter pilots Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield) and Major Fritz Schaffer of the Stab/NJG 5. In the end, Hptm. Frank was credited with the victory.
Crew:
Pilot P/O. N.B. Smythe 143667 RAF Amersfoort 13-8-1
Navigator P/O. G.W. Pollard 143577 RAF Amersfoort 13-8-157
Bomb aimer Sgt. E.H. Sandell 147587 RAF Survived POW
Wo ag Sgt. G.H.W. Peach 1379768 RAF Amersfoort 13-8-156
Air gunner Sgt. R.A. Barlow 1318256 RAF Amersfoort 13-8-155
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=HE412&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 February 1943 | HE169 | 196 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea 20 km W of Schouwen, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 03:14 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-May-2014 17:27 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2018 20:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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