ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51702
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:06 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JD258 |
| MSN: | VR-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km north of Acht, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant. -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Wuppertal, Germany
Takeoff time: 22:56
Crew:
Pilot : Sergeant Robert Whitfield RAFVR 1496432 [Killed] Eindhoven EE 26
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Peter Stephenson RAFVR 1684544 [Killed] Eindhoven EE 30
Navigator : Flying Officer Reginald John Leake Fowler RCAF J/22529 [Killed] Groesbeek RCAF 16 D 3
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer William Archibald Donnelly RAFVR 129159 (NCO:1385886 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 December, 1942) [Killed] Eindhoven EE 25
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Clifford Gorton RAFVR 1134562 [Killed] Eindhoven EE 31
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Ellis Dean RAFVR 2216248 [Killed] Eindhoven EE 28
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Michael Patrick Kimber RCAF R/98960 [Killed] Groesbeek RCAF 16 D 4
R.I.P.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=JD258&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.bhic.nl/ontdekken/verhalen/neergestorte-vliegtuigen-in-acht-1940-1945
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 August 1943 | JD331 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 3 | Hillentrup, Dörentrup, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 18 November 1943 | LW239 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | east of Brodenbach, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Aug-2015 12:50 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2018 17:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2018 08:27 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 26-Dec-2020 18:35 | Dr.Roup | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Mar-2024 20:21 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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