Wellington DF635 Mk. III - Bombing Duisburg Germany - 1943-04-08 to 1943-04-08
Squadron: 428 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1943-04-08
Completion Date: 1943-04-08
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Duisburg Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Dalton
Take Off Time: 21:22:00
Squadron Code: NA-I
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: near Heerdt
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: 8/Schwere Flak Abteilung 133 and 1-4/Schwere Flak Abteilung 407
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

428 Ghost Squadron RCAF (Usque ad finem) RAF Dalton. Wellington III aircraft DF 635 NA-I was struck by heavy flak units 8/Schwere Flak Abteilung 133 and 1-4/Schwere Flak Abteilung 407 over target area during an operation against targets in Duisburg, Germany. Some sources also state that a night fighter shot this aircraft down but no claims have been found to date. The bomber crashed at Heerdt near Dusseldorf with the entire crew surviving to be taken as Prisoners of War

Flight Lieutenant Robert Marshall Buckham (RCAF), Warrant Officer 2nd Class Jack Dean Fraser (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant Nicholas Weber Rodin (RCAF), Flying Officer Geoffrey Charles Fletcher (RAFVR) and Sergeant Tom Whitehead (RAFVR) all survived as Prisoners of War

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

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