Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II DT620,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207445
 
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Date:Sunday 14 March 1943
Time:21:42
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF
Registration: DT620
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:off the coast at Store Heddinge, Seeland -   Denmark
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Tempsford
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by Oblt. Martin Drewes of the 7./NJG 3, flying a Bf 110 from Kastrup airfield.
The Halifax was on a SOE (Special Operations Executive) operation to Drop Zone Wrona 614 in Poland.

Call Sign: NF-T
Takeoff time: 17:50
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Leslie Rowland Smith RAFVR 1110714 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Horace Robert Harrap RNZAF NZ/414286 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Arthur Cyril Sixsmith RAF 572445 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Colin Frederick Chambers RAFVR 656382 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Donald Robb Ross RCAF R/79133 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Eugene Shadrack Masson RCAF R/130273 [Killed]
Sergeant Thomas Mairs RAF 625386 [Killed]

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430015.shtml
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Mar-2018 07:29 TigerTimon Added
28-Oct-2018 17:42 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
14-Mar-2024 07:36 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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