ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51929
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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:02 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT645 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Achlumerdijk, Harlingen, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Lothar Linke of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: MH-B
Takeoff time: 23:22
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. D.C. Smith 1239555 RAF Harlingen E 3 11
Flight engineer Sgt. E.F. Kinerman 1213091 RAF Harlingen E 3 13
Navigator Sgt. E.W. Thomson 1313414 RAF Harlingen E 4 9-10
Bomb aimer Sgt. B.A. Bunting 1384948 RAF Harlingen E 4 9-10
Wo ag Sgt. C.L. King 1382661 RAF Harlingen E 3 12
Air gunner Sgt. W.J. Merrigan 1398030 RAF Harlingen E 3 15
Air gunner Sgt. M.H. Nesbitt R/70337 RCAF Harlingen E 3 14
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2281
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/raf1943/2/smithdavid.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Nov-2013 18:15 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2018 18:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 19:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 21:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 12-May-2023 08:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [[Location]] |
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