ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209660
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:50 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB804 |
| MSN: | KN-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pasewalk, Pommern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Werner Hoffmann of the 4./NJG 5, flying a Bf 110 from Parchim airfield.
Target: Stettin
Takeoff time: 21:27
Crew:-Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Thomas Sidney Lea DFC RAFVR 109093 (NCO:1293065 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 November, 1941) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Henry Cruxton RAFVR 1547554 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Donald James Dupree Chitty RAFVR 128516 (NCO:1320818 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 November, 1942) [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Reginald John White RAFVR 1181067 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Lieutenant John Roderick Harries RAFVR 84889 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Carter RAFVR 1515873 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Reginald Walter Lambert RAFVR 1323203 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB804
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1944 | MZ705 | 77 Sqn RAF | 0 | North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, England |  |
w/o |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2018 08:59 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 21-Apr-2018 09:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Nov-2018 20:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jun-2022 14:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Jul-2022 09:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 20-Apr-2024 06:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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