ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208406
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
| Time: | 00:36 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HR654 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Süderschmedeby south of Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oblt. Paul Szameitat of the 5./NJG 3, flying Do 217N D5+SN from Schleswig airfield. The navigator of the Halifax survived and was taken POW.
Target: Berlin
Call Sign: EQ-R
Takeoff time: 21:27
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Gordon Jennings RAFVR 1148932 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Harold Davenport RCAF R/62274 : Commission Gazetted Friday 11 April, 1941) [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer John Sidney Acheson RCAF J/13840 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Ronald Stanley Victor Lewis-Staniford RAFVR 909501 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Frederick John Cherry RAFVR 1332233 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Norman William Roberts RCAF R/110955 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Francis Barnes RCAF R/150671 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/19462-HR6541943-03-30.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 09:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Oct-2018 17:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Mar-2024 08:21 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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