ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51894
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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:25 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JB966 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oud-Avereest, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Lodge, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Herbert Lütje of the 8./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: LQ-D
Takeoff time: 23:52
Crew:
Pilot F/O. H.D. Beattie J/10119 RCAF Oud Avereest 1
Flight engineer W/O J.D. Gibson R/75127 RCAF Survived
Navigator F/O. J.S. Hawtin J/11941 RCAF Survived
Bomb aimer W/O K.W. Clarke 1376493 RAF Survived
Wo ag Sgt. S.B. Hawley 1269142 RAF Oud Avereest 3
Air gunner F/Sgt. R.E. Hart R/95244 RCAF Oud Avereest 2
Air gunner Sgt. R. Ferguson R/141618 RCAF Survived
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2309&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-May-2018 12:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2018 16:49 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Jun-2022 07:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
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