ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52264
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.
| Date: | Wednesday 3 November 1943 |
| Time: | 20:15 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD321 |
| MSN: | KN-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hoef ten Halve, Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Manfred Meurer of the Stab I./NJG 1, flying an He 219 A-0 from Venlo airfield.
Takeoff time: 17:25
Crew:
Pilot P/O. R.J. Jones 159052 RAF Eindhoven EE 121
Co-Pilot Sgt. P.H. Potter 1322696 RAF Eindhoven EE 116-120
Flight engineer Sgt. R.V. Woods 1337097 RAF Eindhoven EE 116-120
Navigator F/Sgt. R. Walton 1336410 RAF Eindhoven EE 116-120
Bomb aimer Sgt. G.H.C. Wade 1393987 RAF Eindhoven EE 116-120
Wo ag Sgt. W. Shaw 1451308 RAF Eindhoven EE 116-120
Air gunner Sgt. T.R. Oxley 1412229 RAF Eindhoven EE 116-120
Air gunner W/O I G.F. McKinnon R/62913 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 D 2 Initially buried at Woensel
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3030&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 June 1943 | JB852 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | De Harskamp (Wehrmacht practice range), Harskamp, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 1 September 1943 | JD413 | 77 Sqn RAF | 5 | junction Wiesenstraße/Südring, Datteln, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 21 January 1944 | LK730 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | Dannigkow, Gommern, Sachsen-Anhalt | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Nov-2018 20:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:
| ASN Home | Send Correction / Feedback |
| FSF Home | Disclaimer | Copyright |
| Contact Us | Privacy Policy |
| Press / Media |
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation