ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168748
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:01 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD150 |
| MSN: | DY-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Höbek, Haßmoor, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Hans Meissner of the 6./NJG 3, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Schleswig airfield.
The entire crew perished in the crash: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD150
Takeoff time: 22:32
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Gordon Harry Brown RAFVR 1437124 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Alfred Tyler RAF 642761 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer William Joseph John Hitchcock RAFVR 131601 [Killed] (NCO:1324698 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 February, 1943)
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Robert Frederick William Allison RAFVR 135683 [Killed] (NCO:1300638 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 February, 1943)
Wireless Operator : Sergeant James Wesley Rooke RAFVR 1077030 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Edward Gough RAFVR 1050457 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Alexander Roy Sinclair RAF 644138 [Killed]
Sources:
http://spurensuchesh.de/fzhoebek.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD150
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1942 | W7653 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | Hamois, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 20 May 1942 | W1099 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Cottesmore, County Rutland, England |  |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | W1142 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 2 | Niedersachsen or Hamburg | |
w/o |
| 10 August 1942 | BB211 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | Elbergen, Emsbüren, Ems, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 9 November 1942 | DT539 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 8 | Oosterend, Texel, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 22 November 1942 | W7914 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | Hangest sur Somme |  |
w/o |
| 11 August 1943 | JD369 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 6 | near Alsenborn, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Aug-2014 12:27 | gerard57 | Added |
| 26-Jul-2018 14:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2018 14:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2018 18:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Jul-2023 09:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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