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NOTE ON DATES: IMPORTANT: For consistency, the Date is given as the date the mission TOOK OFF since the precise time of a loss is not always certain. Take Off date is unambigous and fixed in the official records, but obviously in those cases where the incident occurred before midnight UK time, then the Take Off Date will be the same as the Incident Date. Of course, most Bomber Command missions flew through midnight, therefore a Luftwaffe claim against a plane - or a locally generated crash report - may record the incident as occurring on the day following our Take Off Date. Bear this in mind when cross-referencing to our Luftwaffe Victories by Name/Date Database and other Luftwaffe sources. In some cases other sources may quote the date following our date, using locally generated reports as their source. To add to the potential for confusion, remember to take into account a Luftwaffe recorded date will be in local time, 1 hour ahead of UK time. When we discover a validated Incident Date we change our record if necessary.



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#Name* SORT (↑)First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.Photo (Click to Expand)CommemoratedBornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)AircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateReferring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 NelsonWilfredF/O112719
A IV British. H. 6. at Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery,Age 31BritishNavigatorDFC

RAFVR540Sqn

1943-03-28MosquitoPR 1W4054Photo recce TirpitzShot down by fighterKilled age 26On 28.3-43 another PRU Mosquito (W4054) was shot down on a mission on Tirpitz. F/Lt Norman D. Sinclair parachuted and became POW. F/O Wilfred Nelson (Pilot) went down with the plane which crashed at Oppauran in Skatval. They were shot down by Ofw.Theo Stebner of 10./JG 5 based at Lade. The Mosquito was shot down at 13.20 by Ofw. Theo Stebner from 10./JG5 He took off from Lade airfield and attacked the Mosquito twice. First over the fjord, second time over Skatval. The aircraft crashed and burned on a field. There is probably nothing left at the site today.

SON OF HERBERT AND MAY NELSON, OF HEATON CHAPEL, STOCKPORT, CHESHIRE.
2 SinclairNorman DenysFlt Lt42897
BritishPilotDFC

RAFVR540Sqn

1943-03-28MosquitoPR 1W4054Photo recce TirpitzParachuted PoW 990 Stalag Luft lll & BelariaOn 28.3-43 another PRU Mosquito (W4054) was shot down on a mission on Tirpitz. F/Lt Norman D. Sinclair parachuted and became POW. F/O Wilfred Nelson went down with the plane which crashed at Oppauran in Skatval. They were shot down by Ofw.Theo Stebner of 10./JG 5 based at Lade. The Mosquito was shot down at 13.20 by Ofw. Theo Stebner from 10./JG5 He took off from Lade airfield and attacked the Mosquito twice. First over the fjord, second time over Skatval. The aircraft crashed and burned on a field. There is probably nothing left at the site today.

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