ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52121
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| Date: | Friday 5 March 1943 |
| Time: | 22:20 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BB282 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee 10 km W of Harlingen, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Helmut Lent of the Stab IV/NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+EF from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: MP-R
Takeoff time: 18:53
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Class II Clifford Arthur Milan RCAF R/92878 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 180
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Owen Joseph Trainor RAFVR 1094818 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 167
Navigator : Flying Officer Charles George Hitt RAF 49032 (NCO:613825 : Commission Gazetted Friday 10 July, 1942) [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 125
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Ernest John Fry RCAF J/16944 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 175
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Haydn Winston Edwards RAFVR 1286321 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 148
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Horace Clarence Cope RAFVR 1321550 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 146
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Russell Benson Van Buren RCAF R/109924 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 180
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2093&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 |
| 03-Mar-2018 15:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Sep-2021 17:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 21:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 05-Mar-2024 08:08 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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