ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51677
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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:58 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD261 |
| MSN: | MH-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 km NE of Wanroij, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith, East Yorkshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Günther Radusch of the Stab II./NJG 3 (detached to Stab I./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Target: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:40
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Derek Henry Victor Davis RAFVR 127541 (NCO:1336308 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 10 November, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Jack Roberts RAFVR 1008845 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Albert Henry Hawes RAFVR 1578211 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Derek George Howse RAFVR 133877 (NCO:1245833 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 26 January, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Alexander Duncan McFarlane RAFVR 1242821 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Alfred William Fairmaner RAFVR 1602476 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Keith Robertson Wood RCAF R/91595 [Killed]
All lie at the Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Netherlands except Flight Sergeant Wood who rests at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2589
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 January 1943 | DT721 | 51 Sqn RAF | 3 | Huize Padua, between Boekel and Gemert, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 26 July 1943 | HR749 | 51 Sqn RAF | 7 | Missing, North Sea, off Dutch coast | |
mis |
| 23 August 1943 | HR936 | 51 Sqn RAF | 0 | along Westerhornerweg, Lutjegast, Groningen prv | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Dec-2018 16:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2018 16:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2022 03:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 26-Jun-2023 13:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [[Location]] |
| 03-May-2024 10:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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