ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172066
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| Date: | Thursday 20 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX187 |
| MSN: | DY-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ahrensfelde, 13 km NE from the centre of Berlin -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
Shot down by German flak during a bombing raid on Berlin, Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Arthur William Dean RAF 161391 [PoW] (NCO:1096163 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 December, 1943)
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Alexander Whittle RAF 984057 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Arthur Landen RAFVR 1536715 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Samuel Reginald Stone RAF 658196 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer James Nelson RAFVR 134166 [Killed] (NCO:951466 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 February, 1943)
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Donald Stanley Veale RAF 656778 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant James Henry Lima Towler RAF 958323 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Alan Watson RAFVR 952059 [Killed]
Those who died are buried in the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery (GPS 52.507028 / 13.222336)
Sources:
http://www.mehrow.de/Geschichte/1900_bis_1945/RAF-Bomber/HX187_Hf_Jan44_Ahrensfelde.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | R9529 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 6 | Haus Schuir mansion, Schuirweg 74, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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| 27 July 1942 | W1153 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | off Niedersachsen | |
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| 24 May 1943 | JD112 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 4 | near Oude Gouw, Grootslag polder, Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland |  |
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| 20 February 1944 | JN972 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | Siedener Moor near Maasen, Niedersachsen | |
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| 17 June 1944 | LW192 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | Buren - Buurmalsen; Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Dec-2014 19:25 | gerard57 | Added |
| 11-Feb-2015 13:48 | Leopard DX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2016 18:02 | Opietz | Updated [Operator] |
| 04-Jun-2016 16:16 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2018 20:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 14-Oct-2018 17:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 20-Jan-2024 07:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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