ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51064
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 December 1943 |
| Time: | 18:50 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD314 |
| MSN: | ZA-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Ruinerwold, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne |
Takeoff at 17:13 for an operation to Berlin.
Aircraft was attacked by Oblt Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer 12./NJG1 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield) and crash landed 400 metres north of Dijkhuizen, Ruinerwold. A few minutes later the crew died after the bomb load exploded. Two days later the crews remains except one were buried in the local church cemetery on the 31st December 1943.
Photo left to right Top
P/O Stanley Webb RAF; Sgt Phillip Greenmon RAF; Sgt Andrew Colbourne RAF;
Bottom left to right
Sgt Walter Hall RAF; Sgt Donald Appleyard RAF; F/S Paul Green RAF; F/S Robert Roos RCAF
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=JD314&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 May 1942 | W1057 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | Missing |  |
mis |
| 23 June 1943 | BB324 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 10 km west of Zandvoort, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Sep-2011 11:10 | PaulSk | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2012 10:38 | Anon. | Updated [[Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Narrative]] |
| 16-Apr-2012 13:57 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2017 06:47 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-Dec-2018 17:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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