ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170036
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 April 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR778 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kottenforst near Meckenheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Crashed during a bombing mission to Duisburg, hit by Flak.
Call Sign: MH-?
Takeoff time: 00:57
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Guy Fisher RAFVR 1238789 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Samuel Hawkins RAF 633506 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Brian Hugh James RAFVR 1335785 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Scott Boyce RAFVR 1387514 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William Henry Stacey RAFVR 1269939 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant James Leo Readman RAFVR 1127540 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Albert Leonard William Pond RAFVR 1600465 [Killed]
The deceased are buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://aircrewremembered.com/fisher-guy.html
http://www.schatzsucher.de/Foren/archive/index.php?t-72415.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Sep-2014 15:30 | gerard57 | Added |
| 26-Apr-2018 17:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 19:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Mar-2024 13:30 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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