ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209486
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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 03:17 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT773 |
| MSN: | EY- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | crashed into empty Max Eyth Lake, Stuttgart-Hofen, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Josef Nabrich of the 9./NJG 101, flying a Bf 110 from Kitzingen airfield.
Target: Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic
Takeoff time: 21:00
Crew:-
Pilot (Instructor) : Flight Lieutenant Arthur Patrick Dowse DFC RAFVR 88035 (NCO:968410 : Commission Gazetted Friday 20 December, 1940) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Thomas Thompson Slater RAF 1042698 [PoW]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Richard Desjardins RCAF R/79743 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Henry Edward Thompson RAF 655035 [PoW, repatriated]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Philip Langsford RNZAF NZ/412343 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Albert William Hoare RAF 1421354 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Andrew Nielson Orr RAF 121341 (NCO:1346846 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 July, 1942) [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://books.google.nl/books?id=fFvGBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT97&lpg=PT97&dq=halifax+DT773&source=bl&ots=-nyP6TDZt6&sig=1lg21rvZKQIitZIbWh8UVS5jW3w&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0wqGOosPaAhXHWhQKHS6hA7AQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=DT773&f=false
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DT773
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
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| 4 May 1942 | R9391 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Missing - North Sea 20km North of Juist | |
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| 4 May 1942 | W7662 | 78 Sqn RAF | 6 | Südergellersen, Niedersachsen | |
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| 31 May 1942 | W1013 | 78 Sqn RAF | 2 | near March, Cambridgeshire, England | |
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| 2 June 1942 | R9364 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea, off Dutch coast (at 52.02N,03.51E) |  |
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| 5 June 1942 | W7669 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | RAF Croft, North Yorkshire, England | |
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| 20 June 1942 | BB200 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea SW of Danish Coast |  |
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| 30 June 1942 | W1062 | 78 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF Docking, Norfolk, England | |
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| 5 May 1943 | JB903 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 20 km SW of Harlingen or 20 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2018 07:18 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-Nov-2018 06:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Jan-2019 10:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2024 12:32 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2024 07:18 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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