ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51574
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| Date: | Monday 26 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:20 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD207 |
| MSN: | ZA-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | behind 'De Rozephoeve', Rosepdreef, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Werner Streib of the Stab/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield. The Halifax was on its return flight from Essen.
Takeoff time: 22:15
Crew:
Pilot S/L. F.J. Hartnell Beavis DFC 76456 RAF Survived evader, POW
Flight engineer P/O. C.E. Hightower DFC J/18022 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 B 14
Navigator P/O. W. Jones 148459 RAF Eindhoven EE 94
Bomb aimer P/O. D.B. Ackerley 148756 RAF Eindhoven EE 77
Wo ag Sgt. R.A. Smith RAF Survived evader, returned 28 Oct 43
Air gunner Sgt. W. Collins 1600763 RAF Eindhoven EE 76
Air gunner F/O. G. Downey 125931 RAF Eindhoven EE 92
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2701&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.oisterwijk-marketgarden.com/the_crash_of_halifax-ii_jd207_on_the_kampina.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 September 1943 | JD322 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | Waldsee, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 15 October 1944 | LV878 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 60-90 km N of Schiermonnikoog, Friesland | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Aug-2013 09:39 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2018 12:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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