ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51711
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:01 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DK180 |
| MSN: | ZL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rozenburg polder, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Wilhelm Johnen of the 5./NJG 5 (detached to 2./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Wuppertal, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:07
Crew:
Pilot F/O. L.W. Somers J/8219 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 19 E 12
Flight engineer Sgt. W.G. Arthur 1371842 RAF Rotterdam LL 1 46
Navigator P/O. M. Shvemar J/22206 RCAF Rotterdam LL 1 45
Bomb aimer P/O. V.M. White J/22537 RCAF Survived POW
Wo ag Sgt. L.A. Bone 1027401 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. F.C. Ashby 1313797 RAF Runnymede Memorial 140
Air gunner F/Sgt. J.H. Walton R/137620 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 19 E 13
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=DK135&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 June 1943 | DK225 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 6 | Oostmijzerdijk, Schermerhorn, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 23 June 1943 | DK141 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 6 | Kaathoven, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 26 June 1943 | DK190 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 7 | near 'Huize Amelte', Veldhofstraat 50, Gorssel, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 31 July 1943 | EB242 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Delhoven, Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 31 August 1943 | LK629 | 427 ('Lion') Sqn RCAF | 7 | probably Aartselaar, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Nov-2018 17:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator] |
| 29-Nov-2018 17:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2018 08:27 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-Jun-2019 19:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
| 29-Mar-2024 20:30 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2024 20:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source] |
| 29-Mar-2024 20:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2024 06:50 | Anon. | Updated [Registration] |
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