Squadron:487 (B) Sqn (RNZAF)
Start Date:1942-12-06
Completion Date:1942-12-06
Mission:Bombing
Operation:Operation Oyster
Target City:Eindhoven Netherlands
Target Specific:Philips electrical works, Eindhoven
Base:Feltwell
Take Off Time:11:20
Squadron Code:EGC Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City:Netherlands
Crash Specifics:Woensdrecht Aerodrome (Noord Brabant)
Crash Latitude:0.000000000
Crash Longitude:0.000000000
Crash Reason:flak
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
Events
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Ventura aircraft AJ 196 was part of "Operation Oyster", a pin-point daylight raid on the Philips electrical works at Eindhoven, Netherlands. Aircraft was hit by flak and crashed over enemy-held territory. F/O J.A. Withers was also killed. Two of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed.