ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51919
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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:23 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR786 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kanaaldijk, Jisp, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Bruno Eikmeier of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: MH-J
Takeoff time: 22:49
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer George William Locksmith RAFVR 143389 (NCO:1264546 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 May, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer John Isaac Noble RAFVR 146104 (NCO:986537 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 July, 1943) [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Reginald Tunstall RAFVR 146287 (NCO:1379913 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 July, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Alfred Jones Hendry RAFVR 146447 (NCO:1125647 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 July, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Hugh Alan Roberts RAFVR 1056193 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Cyril Norman Victor Cogdell RAFVR 1352803 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Gerald Olivier Marcel Massip-De-Turville RAFVR 121055 (NCO:1160825 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 July, 1942) [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2282
Google Maps
http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/14612/Memorial-Aircraft-Crashes.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Oct-2014 09:37 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source] |
| 09-May-2018 17:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 19:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-May-2023 08:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
| 21-Mar-2024 09:43 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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