ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51729
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:39 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT700 |
| MSN: | KN-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea west of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Strüning of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:05
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. C.C. Marshall 111112 RAF Runnymede Memorial 120 (NCO:1111564 Commission Gazetted : Friday 19 December, 1941)
Flight engineer Sgt. W.E. Hughes 916677 RAF Runnymede Memorial 154
Navigator Sgt. P.M. Thornycroft 1488238 RAF Runnymede Memorial 167
Bomb aimer Sgt. G.R. Hill 1575532 RAF Bergen NH 2 C 11 Washed up Egmond aan Zee 13 Jul 43
Wo ag Sgt. W.F. Eades 1123826 RAF Amsterdam 69 B 10 Washed up near Zandvoort
Air gunner Sgt. G.R. Hazell 1586956 RAF Runnymede Memorial 152
Air gunner Sgt. W.C. Lewis 1490344 RAF Runnymede Memorial 156
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2544&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 July 1943 | JB838 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | 2 km E of Zierikzee, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 6 September 1943 | JB970 | 77 Sqn RAF | 4 | Appenthal, Elmstein, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 28 September 1943 | LW228 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | - missing - |  |
mis |
| 22 November 1943 | LW290 | 77 Sqn RAF | 6 | Kloster Zinna (Zinna Abbey), Jüterbog, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jun-2018 10:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 21:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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