ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51428
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 August 1943 |
| Time: | 03:58 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK207 |
| MSN: | MP-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along the road Grathem - Kelpen-Oler, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Martin Drewes of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Takeoff time: 00:06
Crew:
Pilot S/L. A.C.L. Stuart 72476 RAF Roermond 23 6
Flight engineer Sgt. D.G.J. Powell 905173 RAF Roermond 23 2
Navigator F/O. K. Holme 139880 RAF Roermond 23 5 Parachute failed to open
Bomb aimer Sgt. W.G. Williams 156455 RAF Survived POW
Wireless op Sgt. D.J. Doe 1212749 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. V.T. Bradley 1259352 RAF Roermond 23 3
Air gunner F/Sgt. S.C. MacLennan R/172701 RCAF Roermond 23 4
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2855&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 September 1943 | LK645 | 76 Sqn RAF | 2 | Morsum, Thedinghausen, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Aug-2018 14:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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