ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51394
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| Date: | Monday 20 September 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BB317 |
| MSN: | NF-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Petten, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Hit over the Zuiderzee (now IJsselmeer lake) at 01:01 by night fighter pilot Major Werner Streib of the Stab/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Deelen airfield.
The Halifax, heavily damaged, ditched in the North Sea.
The aircraft was on an SOE operation to target area Parsnip 7 / Lettuce 12.
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. N.L. Sherwood 1330133 RAF: killed
Flt/Eng. Sgt. L.A. Wilson R/79708 RCAF: Survived /POW
Navigator P/O. J. Loughran 139302 RAF: Survived /POW
Bomb aimer Sgt. B.S. Burch 1315519 RAF: killed
WOp/AG Sgt. O.J. Davies 1103142 RAF: Survived /POW
Air gunner Sgt. R.T. Chinn 1586498 RAF: killed
Air gunner Sgt. R.W. Scales 1265751 RAF Survived /POW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2887&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 July 1944 | LL251 | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF | 1 | Mediterranean Sea |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Sep-2018 07:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2018 07:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 17:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Jun-2023 14:08 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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