Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II JB836,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52092
 
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Date:Friday 12 March 1943
Time:22:27
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF
Registration: JB836
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea 20 km SW of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Pocklington
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by Lt. Oskar Köstler of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Bergen airfield.

Target: Essen
Call Sign: DY-T
Takeoff time: 19:23
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Anthony Drew Ashby Barnes RAFVR 109004 (NCO:1153367 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 November, 1941) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Stephen Lowdell RAFVR 1290929 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Arthur Leonard Thurlow RAFVR 1286488 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Gerald Cecil Felsenstein RAFVR 1396129 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer Edwin Harold Beeton RAFVR 126624 (NCO:1377789 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 September, 1942) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant V H Elkins RAF
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Patrick Quinlivan RAFVR 1267977 [Killed]

All are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2111&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
12-Mar-2018 18:55 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Oct-2018 17:22 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
17-Jun-2022 11:42 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
12-Mar-2024 08:23 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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