ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210787
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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7935 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea about 21 miles east of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
Probably hit by Leutnant Heinz Strüning of the 2./NJG 1 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands) 30 km west of Walcheren, Zeeland, the Netherlands at 02:26.
According to 102 Squadron ORB: 'reached the target area, was shot up and had to ditch about 21 miles east of Yarmouth'. All seven crew members were rescued.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: DY-Y
Takeoff time: 23:54
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant A McA Sargent RAF 937481
Flight Engineer : Sergeant C R Webb RAF 1211978
Navigator : Sergeant Arnold Campbell RAFVR 1239952
Bomb Aimer / Navigator : Flying Officer James Rudolf Bullock RAFVR 129475 (NCO:1391549 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 December, 1942)
Wireless Operator : Sergeant M Galloway RAF 1137146
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Hugh Donald Newbery RAFVR 1312030
Rear Gunner : Sergeant James Colin Smith RAFVR 1094915
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/22950-W79351943-05-14.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7935
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2018 12:23 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-May-2018 12:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 14-May-2018 15:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2018 14:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2018 18:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 21-Jun-2023 06:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
| 26-Jun-2023 17:56 | Nepa | Updated [[[Operator, Operator]]] |
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