ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207148
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 March 1943 |
| Time: | 00:30 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7851 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ors, near Le Cateau-Cambrésis -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley |
Shot down by Oblt. Ludwig Meister of the Stab I/NJG 4, flying Bf 110 F-4 3C+MB from Laon-Athies airfield.
Target: Nürnberg
Call Sign: TL-Y
Takeoff time: 19:24
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer John Hilton Brown RAFVR 109028 (NCO:1066452) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alan Tacey RAF 1057600 [PoW]
Navigator : Squadron Leader Gomer Donald Waterer RAF 77214 (NCO:749414 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 06 February, 1940) [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Albert Geroge Coulam RNZAF NZ/404900 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant David Aitken Sibbald DFM RNZAF NZ/411102 [Evaded]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Patrick Flynn RAFVR 1174414 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Stanley Seymour Vinicombe RNZAF NZ/413286 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/26467-W78511943-03-09.html
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/10498.php
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG4.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2018 09:29 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Oct-2018 07:42 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 31-Jan-2019 11:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2024 08:08 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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