Ventura AE780 Mk. I - Combat Amsterdam Netherlands - 1943-05-03 to 1943-05-03
Squadron: 487 (B) Sqn (RNZAF)
Start Date: 1943-05-03
Completion Date: 1943-05-03
Mission: Combat
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Amsterdam Netherlands
Target Specific: Amsterdam, local power unit
Base: Methwold
Take Off Time: 16:43
Squadron Code: EG S
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Crash Specifics: van Bosschestraat, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Ventura aircraft AE 780 was shot down 1750 in the northwest suburbs of Amsterdam. Three of the crew, not Canadians, were missing & believed killed.