ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51628
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:40 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | BB323 |
| MSN: | VR-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Venlo, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Strüning of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:56
Crew:
Pilot 2nd Lt. B.J.J. Furey O-885971 USAAF Survived POW
Flight engineer Sgt. J.S. Carmichael 616950 RAF Survived POW
Navigator Sgt. M. Cottenden R/138762 RCAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer Sgt. G.C. Perrett 1338611 RAF Survived POW
Wo ag Sgt. J.C. Gilchrist R/113329 RCAF Survived POW
Air gunner F/Sgt. W.C. Batkin 656918 RAF Jonkerbos 12 H 6
Air gunner Sgt. K. Laselle R/117446 RCAF Survived POW
Burial at Jonkerbos War Cemetery Netherlands
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2658&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.419squadronbewarethemoose.com/BB323.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 March 1943 | DT641 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | North Sea 8 km N of Ameland, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 28 April 1944 | JN954 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | near Heer, Maastricht, Limburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2014 18:57 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2018 09:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2018 12:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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