ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209391
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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:16 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR758 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | woods near Hahnweilerhof about 2 km north of Börrstadt, Rheinland-Pfal -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lissett |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Gerhard Friedrich of the 10./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Mainz-Finthen airfield.
Target: Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic
Call Sign: NP-Y
Takeoff time: 20:32
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Brinley Pearce Jay RAAF Aus/403745 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Francis Eric Holmes RAF 1262524 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Graham Dawes Woodroffe Scholes RAF 1234186 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Kenneth Alan Barrett RAFVR 123848 (NCO:1331977 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 September, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Arthur Ford RAF 1379992 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Reginald Newdick RAF 1382016 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Charles Derrick Fawcett RCAF R/115932 [PoW]
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3600-Halifax-HR758
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/21109-HR7581943-04-17.html
https://books.google.nl/books?id=fFvGBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT157&lpg=PT157&dq=halifax+HR758&source=bl&ots=-nyOeYE_r7&sig=2IxFzSKThtIIw5Kb1Xy6bKg8y7c&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihhpCs977aAhUBL1AKHbvPAAwQ6AEIMTAB#v=onepage&q=halifax%20HR758&f=false
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2018 14:25 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 02-Nov-2018 12:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2024 07:23 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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