ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51624
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR720 |
| MSN: | NP-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vorstenbosch, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lissett |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Werner Baake of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:44
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. G.R.J. Duthie 415298 RNzAF Uden War Cem 5 E 9
Flight engineer Sgt. J.N. Hempstead 540151 RAF Survived Evader, returned
Navigator Sgt. F.D. Granger R/133108 RCAF Survived
Bomb aimer Sgt. T.E.F. Carr 1335861 RAF Survived Evader, pow
Wo ag Sgt. G.H. King 1211259 RAF Survived
Air gunner Sgt. J.R. Grey 415646 RAAF Survived
Air gunner Sgt. T. Pinkney 545380 RAF Survived
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2655&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 July 1942 | W1164 | 158 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea |  |
w/o |
| 14 September 1942 | BB205 | 158 Sqn RAF | 0 | Ter Idzard, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 3 October 1943 | LW296 | 158 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Texel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 31 March 1944 | HX322 | 158 Sqn RAF | 6 | Caumont, Pas-de-Calais département |  |
w/o |
| 5 January 1945 | NR251 | 158 Sqn RAF | 1 | Haarle, Hellendoorn, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Jul-2018 09:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 17:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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