ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51728
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:01 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB855 |
| MSN: | EY-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beugt, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of the Stab I./NJG 4 (detached to 3./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Five crew members died. They are buried at Woensel Cemetery, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 23:03
Crew:-Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Leslie Herbert Knight RAFVR 128902 [Killed] (NCO:657565 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 November, 1942)
2nd Pilot : Sergeant George William Henry Duffee RAFVR 1384785 [Evaded] (Officer:175105 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 30 May, 1944)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Frank Charles Simons RAFVR 1380680 [Fatal Injury]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Henry John Standfast RAF 133466 [PoW] (NCO:1391386 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 19 January, 1943)
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Ronald Dennis Caldecourt RAFVR 131954 [Killed] (NCO:1335463 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 March, 1943)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer Stanley Albert Charles Cutler RAFVR 133560 [Killed] (NCO:1312571 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 05 January, 1943)
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Frederick James Ross Bain RAFVR 1347034 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant J Lee RAF [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2547&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.bhic.nl/ontdekken/verhalen/neergestorte-vliegtuigen-in-veghel-1940-1945
http://aircrewremembered.com/tipler-ernest.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 March 1944 | LV903 | 78 Sqn RAF | 6 | Eckardtshausen, Marksuhl, Thüringen |  |
w/o |
| 13 June 1944 | LV915 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Le Champ de L'abbaye, Crèvecœur-le-Grand, Oise 60 |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Jul-2015 14:47 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2015 18:38 | Heil | Updated [Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2018 08:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2018 06:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2023 06:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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