ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51393
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| Date: | Monday 20 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:28 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DG252 |
| MSN: | NF-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee near Harlingen Harbour, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Coned by a searchlight, hit by light Flak of the 1./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 Stabsbatterie Harlingen.
The aircraft was on an SOE operation with the target being Catanh 11 / Leek 9.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Richard Pennington Wilkin DFC MiD MC (Czech) RCAF J/6026 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer George Alfred Berwick DFM RAF 51682 [Killed] (NCO:545849 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 May, 1943)
Navigator : Flying Officer James Wilfred Henry Brown DFM RAFVR 136035 [Killed] (NCO:747774 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 19 January, 1943)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer Hugh Burke DFM RAFVR 129140 [Killed] (NCO:938896 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 22 September, 1942)
Crew : Flight Sergeant Albert Hughes MC (Czech) RAFVR 970899 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2888&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Sep-2018 06:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 17:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 21:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Jun-2023 14:04 | Nepa | Updated [[Location]] |
| 19-Sep-2023 06:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [[[Location]]] |
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