ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209012
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| Date: | Thursday 8 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:39 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | BB327 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Hit by Heimat-Flak-Abteilungen.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: VR-Q
Takeoff time: 21:47
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant John Hubert Morris RCAF R/125703 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Lavern Elmer Turner RCAF R/85055 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Kenneth Herbert Godbold RAFVR 655464 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Arthur Reginald Hickey RCAF J/22556 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Reginald John Amos RAFVR 1330644 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Percy John Ireland RCAF R/107044 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Delmar Cyril Way RCAF R/92992 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/April43/April8~9.html
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/19308-BB3271943-04-09.html
http://www.419squadron.com/BB327.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Apr-2018 11:15 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Oct-2018 15:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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