ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51942
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:14 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JB898 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oldeboorn near Akkrum, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Lothar Linke of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: EQ-Q
Takeoff time: 22:43
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Robert Orin Blackhall RCAF J/17313 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Frederick Hamilton Scythes RAF 129339 (NCO:654999 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 October, 1942) [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Kenneth Edward Emmons RCAF R/52795 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Carl Borthwick Norton RCAF R/95595 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant George Irving Semper RAF 146147 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Kenneth Eric Godfrey RAF 1187129 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Albert James Sutton RCAF J/17692 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Clarence Leslie Horn RCAF R/119868 [PoW]
All the casualties lie at the Utingeradeel (Akkrum) General Cemetery, Netherlands (GPS 53.050718 / 5.845560)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2262&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-May-2018 07:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 17:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Mar-2024 20:22 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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