ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51680
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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:01 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR731 |
| MSN: | MH-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer 20 km NE of Harderwijk, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith, UK |
Takeoff at 23:38 for an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente or Deelen airfield.
All seven crew members died in the crash:
Pilot Sgt. A. Osmond 1390052 RAF Runnymede Memorial 160
Flight engineer Sgt. B. Huggan 573249 RAF Runnymede Memorial 154
Navigator Sgt. G.C. Mortimer 1576506 RAF Harderwijk 2-6 Recovered from Ijsselmeer 6th Jul 43
Bomb aimer Sgt. T.J. Barton 1585435 RAF Runnymede Memorial 141
Wo ag Sgt. P. Blundell 1027741 RAF Amersfoort 13-8-167 Recovered from Ijsselmeer 6th Jul 43
Air gunner Sgt. J. Rorison 1358058 RAF Harderwijk 2-10 Recovered from Ijsselmeer 6th Jul 43
Air gunner Sgt. J. Emerson 1300003 RAF Runnymede Memorial 148
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=HR731&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.flevolanderfgoed.nl/home/erfgoed/oostelijk-flevoland-2/vliegtuigwrakken-2/halifax-b-mk-ii-hr731.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 March 1943 | BB223 | 51 Sqn RAF | 7 | Klarenbeekseweg Voorst, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jul-2017 16:51 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 18:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Dec-2018 19:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2022 03:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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