ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209261
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| Date: | Thursday 15 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:23 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR678 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Niederlustadt, Lustadt, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinrich Wohlers of the Stab IV./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Mainz-Finthen airfield.
Target: Stuttgart
Call Sign: TL-N
Takeoff time: 21:28
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Ronald Edward Wilkes DFM RAFVR 141103 (NCO:1331106 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 March, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Thomas Laurie Brown RAF 570690 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Ronald Wheatley RAAF Aus/412053 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Terence Gordon O'Shaughnessy RAF 1262920 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Frederick Hay RAFVR 1002505 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Frank Walter Vincent RAF 1174030 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Michael Albert Edward Bradford RAAF Aus/411478 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/26480-HR6781943-04-15.html
https://35squadron.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/halifax-hr678-14041943/
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2018 11:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Oct-2018 07:41 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2024 06:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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