ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209925
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 April 1943 |
| Time: | 02:51 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT796 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington |
Crashed into Essen after being coned by searchlights of the 4./Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 518 and hit by heavy Flak.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: KN-D
Takeoff time: 00:39
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Downing Pye RAAF Aus/404262 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Edgar Joseph Tassell RAF 1430017 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Robert Campbell Stewart MiD RAFVR 130452 (NCO:930238 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 October, 1942) [PoW, died later]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Douglas William Atter RAF 129046 (NCO:1017137 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 10 November, 1942) [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant George Edward Barfoot RAF 934366 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Peter Dupuy Gibbs RAF 1389097 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Raymond Wells RAFVR 1600931 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/24362-DT7961943-04-27.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2018 17:05 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Apr-2024 06:19 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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