ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51573
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| Date: | Monday 26 July 1943 |
| Time: | 00:17 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JN884 |
| MSN: | NP-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dolfijnweg, Slootdorp, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lisset, Yorkshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Arthur Busch of the 2./NJG 5 (detached to 10./NJG 1), flying Bf 110 C9+PK from Bergen airfield. The aircraft exploded in mid-air killing all occupants except for rear gunner Sgt. J. (Jock) E. Loudoun, who managed to bail out. Sgt. Loudoun (service no. 946119) was captured immediately on the ground and became a POW for the rest of WWII. The flyer was sergeant K.R.Larkin.
Target: the Krupp factory
Takeoff time: 22:39
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. K.R. Larkin 1575497 RAF Middenmeer 1451
Flight engineer Sgt. J. Stewart 1522531 RAF Middenmeer 1452
Navigator F/Sgt. P.F. Watson 415569 RNzAF Middenmeer 1449
Bomb aimer Sgt. E.R. Bray 1339912 RAF Middenmeer 1453
Wireless op Sgt. R.D. Raven 1271610 RAF Middenmeer 1454
Air gunner Sgt. R.J. Wyatt Matthews 1166714 RAF Middenmeer 1450
Air gunner Sgt. J.E. Loudoun 946119 RAF Survived POW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2704&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 September 1943 | HR943 | 158 Sqn RAF | 3 | Müllerstadel 1 km west of Allach-Untermenzing, München; Bayern |  |
w/o |
| 22 October 1943 | LW259 | 158 Sqn RAF | 7 | Nieuwendijk, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Mar-2012 00:36 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase] |
| 21-Mar-2012 01:09 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2014 08:18 | juurlink-oss | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2018 08:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 17:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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