ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208915
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| Date: | Friday 9 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:10 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB847 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moyvillers, near Estrées-Saint-Denis, Oise 60 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Kurt Karsten of the 7./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Juvincourt airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: KM-V
Takeoff time: 21:41
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Julien William Noel Balley RAFVR 122321 (NCO:741267 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 June, 1942) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Louis Frederick Samson RAAF Aus/415186 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James William Robert Henry Woodley RAFVR 1211129 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Thomas Smith McStay RAFVR 1375108 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Roland Wilson RAFVR
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Peter Alexander Greene RAFVR 1109116 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Walter Hedicker RAFVR 1318167 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Tom Crossland RAFVR 1580165 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/balley-julian.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2018 07:45 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-Apr-2024 06:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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