ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52114
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| Date: | Sunday 7 March 1943 |
| Time: | 20:15 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT567 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 5 km off the N end of Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Shot down by Ofw. Karl-Heinz Scherfling of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Operation: Gardening - mine-laying operations
Target area: Frisians
Call Sign: MH-F
Takeoff time: 18:26
Crew:-
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Arthur Regent Harding RAF 577986 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Alan Lionel Holmes RAFVR 126601 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 September, 1942) [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant John George Ramshaw RAFVR 1149217 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Jack Eric Ulrich RAFVR 131775 (NCO:1455819 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 December, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Robert Edwin Dormon RAF 551841 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Patrick McAleese RAFVR 1294414 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Tombe RAFVR 1037931 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2101&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2009 23:43 | Anon. | Updated |
| 06-Mar-2018 08:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 19:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 07:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 07-Mar-2024 07:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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