ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51621
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 July 1943 |
| Time: | 02:04 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB894 |
| MSN: | DY-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Brunssum and Scherpenseel (municipality Übach-Palenberg) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
Hit by heavy Flak and exploded in mid-air. The tail section came down at Brunssum, the Netherlands.
Five crew members are now buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany but Sgt Raw is buried in Maastricht General Cemetery, the Netherlands.
Only one crew member survived.
Takeoff time: 00:04
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. R.G. Amos 1550957 RAF Germany 3-D-11-13 Buried Rheinberg War Cem
Flight engineer Sgt. J.R.G. Smith 649887 RAF Germany 3-D-11-13 Buried Rheinberg War Cem
Navigator Sgt. B.P. Dowthwaite 1397808 RAF Germany 3-D-9 Buried Rheinberg War Cem
Bomb aimer Sgt. W.H.J. Smith 1319671 RAF Germany 3-D-10 Buried Rheinberg War Cem
Wireless op Sgt. J.R. Fradley 1540341 RAF Germany 3-D-11-13 Buried Rheinberg War Cem
Air gunner Sgt. J. Raw 1491394 RAF Maastricht 2 113 Body was found near Brunssum
Air gunner F/Sgt. D.H. Brown 1530814 RAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2654A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.102ceylonsquadron.co.uk/AachenRaid/102jb894.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 July 1943 | JD316 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | Lengenbostel, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 28 August 1943 | JB835 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 6 | Auvelais, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 25 July 1944 | LL552 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 6 | Near Piencourt, Eure |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Aug-2013 10:07 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2018 09:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2018 09:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Oct-2018 14:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2018 18:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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