ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209927
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 April 1943 |
| Time: | 03:19 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR787 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | railway station of Kottenforst, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Coned over Bonn by searchlights of the 3./Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 130 and hit by heavy Flak.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: MH-?
Takeoff time: 00:26
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Clifton Macleay Brigden RAAF Aus/411439 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Norman Thompson RAFVR 1334603 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Richard George Henry Sees RAF 577651 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant William Donald Griffith RAFVR 1237253 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant George Clare Peters RAFVR 657052 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William Holding RAFVR 1078836 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Bryant Francis Kingdom Green RAAF Aus/406804 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Wesley Victor Chittock RAAF Aus/408564 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/25466-HR7871943-04-27.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2018 17:22 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 19:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Apr-2022 19:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2024 07:13 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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