ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216080
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| Date: | Saturday 9 October 1943 |
| Time: | 01:08 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW236 |
| MSN: | EY-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Wehrbleck, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Erwin Ernst of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110G from Twente airfield, the Netherlands. Also coned by searchlights and claimed by Flak.
Takeoff time: 22:36
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer William Henry Scott RAFVR 157423 (NCO:1318349 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 November, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alexander Neill Griffiths-Buchanan RAFVR 900986 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Cecil Norman Boutle RAFVR 1318648 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Gordon Herbert Styler RAFVR 1542840 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Francis Gerrard McVey RAFVR 1367705 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Sydney Smith DFM RAFVR 1128846 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Leonard William Colman RAF 912653 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW236
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 September 1943 | JB872 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Grand Est |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2018 17:06 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Mar-2024 15:10 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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