ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50894
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 06:38 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JD271 |
| MSN: | NA-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer near Andijk, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St.George |
Took off from RAF Middleton St.George at 2356.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Friedrich Potthast of the 12./NJG 1 (based at the Leeuwarden and Bergen airfields), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
Crashed in the Ijsselmeer off Andijk. Flt Sgt Stewart RCAF was found near Andijk on 29 April and buried here in the Eastern General Cemetery at the beginning of May 1944. On 17 June, the body of Fg Off Woolverton RCAF came ashore, he lies in Enkhuizen General Cemetery. One other member of the crew, Flt Sgt Lister RAAF was taken from the water and until 1984 he lay in Wervershoof Protestant Cemetery, his grave is now at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. The Rest have no known grave. According to aircrewremembered.com this aircraft was shot down by Lt Freidrich Potthash. (See Link)
Crew
Fg Off A W Woolverton RCAF (KIA)
Sgt A W Gotham (KIA)
Fg Off G A Smith RCAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt H S Lister RAAF (KIA)
Sgt C W Sherratt (KIA)
Sgt E C Webb RCAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt N M Stewart RCAF (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3423&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 90.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/woolverton-alan-whamond.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jun-2016 16:59 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-Dec-2019 20:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 19:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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