ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209497
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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 04:36 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR784 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eppeville and Saint-Sulpice, immediate surroundings of Ham, Somme -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Karl Kamp of the 7./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Juvincourt airfield.
Target: Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic
Call Sign: MH-?
Takeoff time: 20:42
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Ronald Henry Stewart RCAF J/17100 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer William Robert McBriar RAF 51909 (NCO:540742 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 June, 1943) [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer William Reid Kiernan DFM RAF 519422 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Dennis Axtell DFM RAF 626794 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer Thomas Collis Robinson RAFVR 120669 (NCO:1433705 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 August, 1942) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Donald Harold Reid RAFVR 1316069 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Frank Malcolm Thompson RAFVR 144266 (NCO:1289681 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 June, 1943) [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3809
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2018 09:33 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2024 07:15 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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