Wellington MS479 B. Mk. X - Bombing Dusseldorf Germany - 1943-04-08 to 1943-04-08
Squadron: 420 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1943-04-08
Completion Date: 1943-04-08
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Dusseldorf Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Middleton St George
Take Off Time: 21:15:30
Squadron Code: PT-F
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: near Essen-Borbeck
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: 2 & 3/Schwere Flak Abteilung 430, 1/Schwere Flak Abteilung 134, 4/Schwere Flak Abteilung 394, 3/Schw
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
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420 Snowy Owl Squadron (Pugnamus Finitum), RAF Middleton St George. Wellington X aircraft MS 479 PT-F was shot down by German flak units 2 & 3/Schwere Flak Abteilung 430, 1/Schwere Flak Abteilung 134, 4/Schwere Flak Abteilung 394, 3/Schwere Flak Abteilung 642 and 3/Infantry Flak Regiment 42 during an operation against targets in Dusseldorf, Germany

The Wellington crashed at Essen-Borbeck with the loss of the entire crew

Pilot Officer William Alexander Walkinshaw (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 2 Frederick Bemi (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 2 David Finlay Evans (RCAF), Pilot Officer Kenneth Watson Barker MacDonald (RCAF) and Warrant Officer Class 2 Ronald George Rispin (RCAF) were all killed in action

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 1, 1 January - 22 June by Theo Boiten, page 56

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