ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209664
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 April 1943 |
| Time: | 03:21 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR714 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | tidal area off the island of Mandø, Esbjerg, Syddanmark -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans Baer of the 4./NJG 3, flying Do 217 N-1 D5+KM from Westerland airfield, Germany.
Target: Stettin
Call Sign: KN-K
Takeoff time: 21:21
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Robert Watson RAFVR 1561631 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Robert Cooper Mills Douglas RAF 611793 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Andrew Peter Deighton RAFVR 1383346 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Burt Watt RAFVR 1349949 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Pearson RAFVR 1123153 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Anthony Luke RAFVR 1339381 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Raymond Graham Hume RCAF R/116029 [Killed]
All are burried at Esbjerg, Denmark.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430037.shtml
Faldne Allierede Flyvere 1939-1945 (Anders Bjornvad)
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2018 09:40 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 21-Apr-2018 09:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2024 08:12 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2024 11:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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