ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209047
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| Date: | Sunday 11 April 1943 |
| Time: | 02:00 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB871 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hirson, Hauts-de-France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Walter Piwarz of the 3./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 or Do 217 from Florennes airfield, Belgium.
Target: Frankfurt
Call Sign: MP-V
Takeoff time: 23:11
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Arthur Horace Hull RAFVR 83244 (NCO:742687 : Commission Gazetted Friday 15 August, 1941) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Group Captain John R Whitley DSO AFC RAF 24002 [Evaded]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Walter John Painter RAFVR 143985 (NCO:1319625 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 June, 1943) [Fatal Injury]
Navigator : Sergeant M B Strange RAF 1071615 [Evaded]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer George Alfred Bozier RAFVR 144715 (NCO:1378593 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 June, 1943) [Fatal Injury]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Philip Edwin Matthews RAFVR 1322010 [Fatal Injury]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer John Arthur Ayliffe Morgan David RAF 125991 (NCO:968156 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 August, 1942) [Evaded]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/24623-JB8711943-04-11.html
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/03824.php
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG4.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Apr-2018 07:52 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Apr-2024 07:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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