Vivian Max Caplin, was served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Wellington BJ886 427 Squadron crashed at Vleut SW of St Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant Holland....
Shot down by night fighter pilot Ofw. Fritz Kruse of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 or Do 215 B-5 from Venlo airfield.
Claim location: 3 km west of St Oedenrode, north of Eindhoven at 4900 meters at 22:30
Target: Köln
Takeoff time: 18:49
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. W.E. Harwood 656219 RAF Eindhoven JJB 23
Observer P/O. O.H. Skelton J/18375 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 D 10 from UK
Observer Sgt. H.J. Steel 1162703 RAF Eindhoven JJB 27
Wo ag Sgt. V.M. Caplin 1333385 RAF Eindhoven JJB 26
Wo ag F/Sgt. T.C. Smith R/113431 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 D 8
Air gunner Sgt. C.F. Leach 1333385 RCAF USA buried Newton Massachusetts
Shot down by night fighter pilot Ofw. Fritz Kruse of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 or Do 215 B-5 from Venlo airfield.
Claim location: 3 km west of St Oedenrode, north of Eindhoven at 4900 meters at 22:30
Target: Köln
Takeoff time: 18:49
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. W.E. Harwood 656219 RAF Eindhoven JJB 23
Observer P/O. O.H. Skelton J/18375 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 D 10 from UK
Observer Sgt. H.J. Steel 1162703 RAF Eindhoven JJB 27
Wo ag Sgt. V.M. Caplin 1333385 RAF Eindhoven JJB 26
Wo ag F/Sgt. T.C. Smith R/113431 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 D 8
Air gunner Sgt. C.F. Leach 1333385 RCAF USA buried Newton Massachusetts
Vivian Max Caplin, was served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Wellington BJ886 427 Squadron crashed at Vleut SW of St Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant Holland....
Shot down by night fighter pilot Ofw. Fritz Kruse of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 or Do 215 B-5 from Venlo airfield.
Claim location: 3 km west of St Oedenrode, north of Eindhoven at 4900 meters at 22:30
Target: Köln
Takeoff time: 18:49
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. W.E. Harwood 656219 RAF Eindhoven JJB 23
Observer P/O. O.H. Skelton J/18375 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 D 10 from UK
Observer Sgt. H.J. Steel 1162703 RAF Eindhoven JJB 27
Wo ag Sgt. V.M. Caplin 1333385 RAF Eindhoven JJB 26
Wo ag F/Sgt. T.C. Smith R/113431 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 D 8
Air gunner Sgt. C.F. Leach 1333385 RCAF USA buried Newton Massachusetts
Shot down by night fighter pilot Ofw. Fritz Kruse of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 or Do 215 B-5 from Venlo airfield.
Claim location: 3 km west of St Oedenrode, north of Eindhoven at 4900 meters at 22:30
Target: Köln
Takeoff time: 18:49
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. W.E. Harwood 656219 RAF Eindhoven JJB 23
Observer P/O. O.H. Skelton J/18375 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 D 10 from UK
Observer Sgt. H.J. Steel 1162703 RAF Eindhoven JJB 27
Wo ag Sgt. V.M. Caplin 1333385 RAF Eindhoven JJB 26
Wo ag F/Sgt. T.C. Smith R/113431 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 D 8
Air gunner Sgt. C.F. Leach 1333385 RCAF USA buried Newton Massachusetts
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