ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208407
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
| Time: | 00:50 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT744 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Welmbüttel, near Heide, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oblt. Gerhard Raht of the 5./NJG 3, flying a Do 217 from Schleswig airfield.
Target: Berlin
Call Sign: MP-K
Takeoff time: 21:48
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Jack Harold Wetherly DFC MiD RAF 82716 (NCO:740917 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 August, 1940) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Arthur Henry James Whittle RAFVR 1315989 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Clifford Harry Mitton RAF 549090 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Archibald Hugh George Paxton RAFVR 137522 (NCO:1375425 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 09 March, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Lieutenant Herbert John Beck RAFVR 131167 (NCO:747788 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 October, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Ronald Orr RAFVR 991727 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Leonard Havenhand RAFVR 1459226 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Sidney Albert Bayfield RAFVR 900952 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/24557-DT7441943-03-30.html
http://aircrewremembered.com/cursley-leslie.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 11:36 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Mar-2024 08:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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