ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208761
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| Date: | Sunday 4 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:50 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT686 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brokstedt near Bad Bramstedt, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Hit by radar-directed Flak.
Target: Kiel
Call Sign: MH-N
Takeoff time: 19:48
Crew:-
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Gerald Edwin McDonald RCAF R/73542 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant Alan Arnold Emery DFM RAF 45801 (NCO:590422 : Commission Gazetted Friday 20 June, 1941) [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant James Kevin Barry Veal RAFVR 1348043 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant William Fleming RAFVR 1343175 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William Woosnam RAFVR 1203965 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Sidney George Adams RAFVR 1332933 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Hugh Austin RAFVR 710101 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/25520-DT6861943-04-05.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Apr-2018 07:43 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 19:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Apr-2022 08:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2024 07:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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