ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212021
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| Date: | Saturday 12 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:55 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JD143 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 7 km west of Xanten, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands. Also claimed by multiple heavy Flak units.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: VR-A
Takeoff time: 22:40
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer William John Boyce RCAF J/12480 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Warrant Officer Class I Herbert Andrew Tripp RCAF R/68179 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant David Newton Stewart RAF 974746 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Duncan Ian Black RAF 124923 [PoW] (NCO:1556335 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 17 November, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Charles Lincoln Buck RAF 127101 [PoW] (NCO:1576347 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 November, 1942)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Douglas Edward Cyril Chambers RAFVR 1330903 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Richard Manning Hall RCAF R/105379 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Douglas Gray RCAF R/141114 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD143
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2018 09:56 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Jun-2018 09:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2018 09:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2018 12:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Jun-2023 08:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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