ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51622
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:23 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB801 |
| MSN: | EY-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2.5 km north of Giessenburg, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, Yorkshire, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Karl-Heinz Scherfling of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen or Leeuwarden airfield.
The entire crew died in the crash.
Takeoff time: 23:33
Crew:
Pilot W/O P. Horrocks 1233316 RAF Rotterdam LL 2 49
Flight engineer Sgt. W.H. Harries 951610 RAF Rotterdam LL 1 49
Navigator F/O. C.D.A. Hosken J/21895 RCAF Rotterdam LL 2 52
Bomb aimer Sgt. A.S. Jelfs 1575981 RAF Rotterdam LL 2 50
Wireless op Sgt. J. Chaplin 1007496 RAF Rotterdam LL 1 50
Air gunner Sgt. G. Bowden 1528496 RAF Rotterdam LL 2 51
Air gunner Sgt. R.W. Rouse 1810021 RAF Rotterdam LL 2 53
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2654&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://stichting-vliegeniersmonument-giessenlanden-wo2.nl/Nederlands/14-7-1943%20Halifax%20II%20JB801%20neergestort%20bij%20Giessenburg.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 July 1943 | JD329 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | Uedesheim, Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 27 September 1943 | LW230 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hattendorf, Auetal, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Nov-2014 16:17 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2018 09:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2018 06:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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