ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51917
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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:47 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JB861 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zuidland, 4 km SW of Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Kurt Liedke of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: VR-C
Takeoff time: 23:14
Crew:
Pilot W/O II J. Palmer R/98515 RCAF Rotterdam LL 1 38
Flight engineer Sgt. W.A. Simonett R/70265 RCAF Rotterdam LL 2 39
Bomb aimer F/O. T. Brown 127127 RAF Rotterdam LL 1 37
Bomb aimer Sgt. H. Walsh 1084155 RAF Rotterdam LL 1 36
Wo ag W/O II R.C. Weedy R/87956 RCAF Rotterdam LL 2 38
Air gunner Sgt. A.J. Gearing 1384115 RAF Rotterdam LL 1 35
Air gunner F/Sgt. R.E.L. Ratelle R/120191 RCAF Rotterdam LL 1 34
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2285&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Dec-2013 12:32 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants] |
| 10-May-2018 12:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2018 12:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Oct-2018 12:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2022 03:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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