ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209428
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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 02:32 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR729 |
| MSN: | MH-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | claim location: Bechtolsheim, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Herbert Jung of the 12./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Mainz-Finthen airfield.
Target: Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic
Takeoff time: 20:43
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Joseph Gilbert Edwards RAFVR 1167329 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Antony Derek Kitchen RAFVR 145786 (NCO:1383957 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 29 June, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Geoffrey Evan Roberts RAF 651771 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer William Christie Brisbane RAFVR 125668 (NCO:1390967 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 August, 1942) [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Alun Oliver Lewis RAFVR 1387933 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer John William Marriott RAF 44957 (NCO:249101 : Commission Gazetted Friday 20 December, 1940) [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Harry Ray RAFVR 658424 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Lionel Walters RAF 49233 (NCO:529754 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 October, 1942) [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR729
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 June 1943 | JD250 | 51 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 20 km WNW of Vlissingen, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2018 20:00 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 16-Apr-2018 20:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 06-Nov-2018 19:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Jan-2019 10:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2024 07:14 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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