ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209924
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 April 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR737 |
| MSN: | NP-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Büttgen or Mühlrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lissett |
Hit by heavy Flak and crashed at 02:21 at Büttgen or at 02:52 at Mühlrath.
Target: Duisburg
Takeoff time: 00:27
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Claude William Gebhard RCAF J/16487 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ernest Gilbert Goodfellow RAF 649870 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Eric Walter John Bennett RAFVR 1384833 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Reginald Henry Barnes RAFVR 1312128 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Henry Lewis Barnes RAFVR 1382125 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer Arthur Edward Taylor RCAF J/16978 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Charles Brownlow RAFVR 1611324 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR737
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 August 1943 | HR739 | 158 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Hechtel-Eksel, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 11 August 1944 | JD249 | 158 Sqn RAF | 6 | Weschnitz, Fürth, Hessen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2018 16:46 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 02-Nov-2018 12:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Nov-2018 20:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2024 07:14 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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