ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51723
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| Date: | Thursday 24 June 1943 |
| Time: | 03:17 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BB379 |
| MSN: | NF-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oostzaan, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford |
Hit by Flak and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Husemann of the Stab/NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+EA from Deelen airfield.
The aircraft was on an SOE operation to the Netherlands with the drop zone being Turnip II/Lettuce ll (code names).
Takeoff time: 00:35
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. T.P Zabicki P781302 PAF Amsterdam L 19 B 20
Co-Pilot F/Sgt. W. Sicinski P780137 PAF Amsterdam L 19 B 20
Flight engineer Sgt. S. Roehr P781211 PAF Survived POW
Navigator P/O. W. Kalkus P1905 PAF Amsterdam L 19 3 20
Wo ag F/Sgt. K. Kidziak P780650 PAF Amsterdam L 19 B 20
Air gunner Sgt. E. Kasperowicz P794455 PAF Survived POW
Air Despatcher F/Sgt. J. Rek P780853 PAF Survived evader, POW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2562
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 January 1944 | LK743 | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF | 10 | Tetworth Hill, near RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 3 June 1944 | LL307 | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF | 9 | near the Groeneweg road, Stavenisse, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Jun-2018 09:40 | responderman | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2018 18:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2018 08:27 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2023 12:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [[Operator]] |
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