ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51502
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 August 1943 |
| Time: | 03:10 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | EB274 |
| MSN: | NA-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 3 km N of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Failed to return from a bombing mission to Hamburg, Germany. Probably shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Joachim Jabs of the Stab IV./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:47
Crew:
Pilot W/O II M. Chepil DFM R/117497 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 179
Co-Pilot F/O. F.L. Rogers J/7469 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 174
Flight engineer Sgt. S.J. Williams 1484363 RAF Runnymede Memorial 170
Navigator Sgt. A. Garalick R/123291 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 175
Bomb aimer Sgt. M.F. Spencer 1320167 RAF Runnymede Memorial 165
Wo ag F/Sgt. M. Evans 1312502 RAF Runnymede Memorial 136
Air gunner Sgt. J.R.R. Burfield 1890406 RAF Runnymede Memorial 144
Air gunner F/O. E.J. Andrews J/14390 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 172
R.I.P
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2778&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/Aug43/aug2~343.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 September 1943 | LK635 | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Niedersachsen |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Aug-2014 12:46 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2018 06:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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