Squadron: 464 (B) Sqn (RAAF)
Start Date: 1942-12-06
Completion Date: 1942-12-06
Mission: Bombing
Operation: Operation Oyster
Target City: the Phillips factory Eindhoven
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Feltwell, Norfolk, England
Take Off Time: 11:20
Squadron Code: SB E
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Crash Specifics: Schoolstraat, Eindhoven
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
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464 Australia Squadron (Aequo Anima). Ventura AE 945 was performing a bombing mission under Operation Oyster, a pin-point daylight raid on the Philips electrical works at Eindhoven in the Netherlands. The aircraft was hit by flak and crashed at 12:39. Casualties included F/t. Sgt. B.M. Harvey (RCAF), W/O B. Marrows and Sgt. J.B.A. MacPherson of the RAF, and Sgt. F. Proctor (RAAF).
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464 Australia Squadron (Aequo Anima). Ventura AE 945 was performing a bombing mission under Operation Oyster, a pin-point daylight raid on the Philips electrical works at Eindhoven in the Netherlands. The aircraft was hit by flak and crashed at 12:39. Casualties included F/t. Sgt. B.M. Harvey (RCAF), W/O B. Marrows and Sgt. J.B.A. MacPherson of the RAF, and Sgt. F. Proctor (RAAF).
