ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207445
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| Date: | Sunday 14 March 1943 |
| Time: | 21:42 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT620 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off the coast at Store Heddinge, Seeland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford |
Shot down by Oblt. Martin Drewes of the 7./NJG 3, flying a Bf 110 from Kastrup airfield.
The Halifax was on a SOE (Special Operations Executive) operation to Drop Zone Wrona 614 in Poland.
Call Sign: NF-T
Takeoff time: 17:50
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Leslie Rowland Smith RAFVR 1110714 [Killed] (Burried at Kobenhavn-Bispebjerg Kirkegard, Denmark)
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Horace Robert Harrap RNZAF NZ/414286 [Killed] (Burried at Kobenhavn-Bispebjerg Kirkegard, Denmark)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Arthur Cyril Sixsmith RAF 572445 [Killed] (Burried at Kobenhavn-Bispebjerg Kirkegard, Denmark)
Navigator : Sergeant Colin Frederick Chambers RAFVR 656382 [Killed] (Burried at Fjelie, Sweden)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Donald Robb Ross RCAF R/79133 [Killed] (Burried at Kobenhavn-Bispebjerg Kirkegard, Denmark)
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Eugene Shadrack Masson RCAF R/130273 [Killed] (Burried at Kobenhavn-Bispebjerg Kirkegard, Denmark)
Sergeant Thomas Mairs RAF 625386 [Killed] (No known grave, remembered at Runnymede Memorial Panel 158.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430015.shtml
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Faldne allierede flyvere 1939-1945 (Anders Bjornvad)
https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/204698
https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/217706
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2018 07:29 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Oct-2018 17:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Mar-2024 07:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 03-May-2024 08:05 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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