ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51899
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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:53 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR790 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rectum, near Wierden, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith, UK |
Shot down by a German night fighter from the German Luftwaffe (Hauptmann Wilhelm Dormann of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield), during a bombing raid on Bochum, Germany.
Call Sign: MH-S
Takeoff time: 23:54
Crew:
Pilot P/O. G.W.H. Byres 128065 RAF Survived
Flight engineer Sgt. G. Steer 922222 RAF Wierden A 9
Navigator F/O. R.H. Stark 120338 RAF Survived
Bomb aimer Sgt. D.J. Emes 1294118 RAF Survived
Wireless op Sgt. R.T. Howell 1290307 RAF Survived
Air gunner F/Sgt. J.A.C. Jacobs 649808 RAF Wierden A 10
Air gunner Sgt. C. Stringer 1581536 RAF Wierden A 11
The deceased are buried at Wierden General Cemetery, the Netherlands.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2306&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://lostaircraft.com/database.php?lang=en&mode=viewhistory&e=3910&changeset_id=1#
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Nov-2014 12:20 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2015 13:57 | Xindel | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 12-May-2018 14:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 19:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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