ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209056
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| Date: | Sunday 11 April 1943 |
| Time: | 02:33 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT775 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | a field at Anoux near Briey, Grand Est -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Karl Gross of the 8./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Juvincourt airfield.
Claim location: Saarburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Henry Jack Adams RAF 1330122 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Matthew Clarke RAF 615894 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Philip Hyden MiD RAF 127316 (NCO:1312817 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 October, 1942) [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Stanley Victor Fred Hurrell RAF 924025 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Clifford James Price RAF 1330737 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Stanley George Reed RAF 1336707 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Jethro Nathaniel Enright RAFVR 988200 [Killed]
Target: Frankfurt
Call Sign: EY-F
Takeoff time: 23:34
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/24172-DT7751943-04-11.html
https://books.google.nl/books?id=k6kaDAEV-6AC&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=halifax+DT775&source=bl&ots=w2lO_7FBRV&sig=eAWVelVzFE1vTwSTNeNiAmgk6-4&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjj3cCKoK_aAhVGsaQKHW6SC9kQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=halifax%20DT775&f=false
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Apr-2018 08:37 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 10-Apr-2018 08:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2018 08:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 07-Nov-2018 21:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Apr-2024 07:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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