Crash Site Vickers Wellington Mk X HE545 AS-H

On Monday, 29 March 1943, the Vickers Wellington HE545 AS-H of RAF 166 Squadron crashed at this location. The aircraft had taken off from RAF Kirmington a few hours earlier and was shot down by Major Werner Streib's Messerschmidt Bf110 night fighter, which belonged to 1/NJG 1, flying from Venlo airfield. The entire five-man crew was killed in the crash:

Pilot, P/O. J.R.A. Hodgson, 22 years old, RAF, buried at Arnhem Moscowa Cemetery
Navigator, P/O. S.R. Farley, RAF, buried at Arnhem Moscowa Cemetery
Bomb Aimer, P/O. F.L.E. Dupre, RCAF, buried at Canadean War Cemetery Groesbeek
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Sgt. D. Keenan, RAF, buried at Arnhem Moscowa Cemetery
Rear Gunner, P/O. R.A. Weese, 20 years old, RCAF, buried at Canadean War Cemetery Groesbeek

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: RAF
• - https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2146
• - https://www.strijdbewijs.nl/fliegerhorst/venlo.htm