ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209403
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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 01:10 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT690 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missy-lès-Pierrepont, Aisne, Hauts-de-France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Severely damaged on the outward-bound route by a fighter and Flak. Was abandoned by the crew in the Laon area. Most probably after that, shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Alfred Haesler of the 1./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 or Do 217 from Florennes airfield, Belgium.
Target: Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic
Call Sign: MH-A
Takeoff time: 20:32
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant J E McCrea RAF 1385745 [Evaded]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant J Alderdice RAF 1095982 [Evaded]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Daniel Graham Spencer RAF 121737 [PoW] (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 January, 1943)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Clement Barnett Ings RAF 143654 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant John Edwin Conway Simpson RAF 1076981 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant D L Jones RAF 1440300 [Evaded]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Alec William Davis RAF 1231259 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=5472
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2018 17:54 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 16-Apr-2018 18:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 19:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Jun-2023 08:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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