Date:	Saturday 30 January 1943
Time:	13:30
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:	466 Sqn RAAF
Registration:	HE471
MSN:	HD-
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea 15 km W of Texel, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Leconfield (EGXV)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Takeoff at 11:14 LT for an operation to Emden in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by fighter pilot Unteroffizier Herbert Hänel of the 12./JG 1, who was flying Fw 190 A-4 'gelbe 6'.
In return, the Focke-Wulf was hit by debris from the Wellington and crashed. Hänel did not survive the encounter either. He has no known grave.

Crew:-Pilot : Sergeant Leslie Frederick Axby RAFVR 1335145 [Killed] (No known grave)
Observer : Sergeant James Hay Armstrong Beath RAF 655653 [Killed] (Burried at Esbjerg, Denmark)
Crew : Flight Sergeant Wilfred Jackson RAFVR 1379812 [Killed] (No known grave)
Crew : Sergeant Donald Durham RNZAF NZ/413702 [Killed] (No known grave)
Crew : Flying Officer Terrance George Watson RAFVR 119462 (NCO:978376 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 June, 1942) [Killed] (No known grave)

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- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989

http://www.ww2.dk/oob/bestand/jagd/bijg1.html
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG1.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Faldne Allierede Flyvere 1939-1945 (Anders Bjornvad)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
30-Dec-2011 03:29	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
29-Jan-2018 18:13	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
23-Oct-2018 19:48	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
07-Jan-2020 23:36	TigerTimon	Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]
15-Jun-2022 06:57	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
30-Jan-2024 07:48	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
30-Mar-2024 14:22	Anon.	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]