ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210184
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| Date: | Thursday 29 April 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7513 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea 40 km SW of Esbjerg or 80 km SW of Ringkøbing -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket |
Probably shot down by a night fighter. Two different claims apply on this aircraft:
- shot down at 01:17 by Hauptmann Hans Baer of the 4./NJG 3, flying Do 217 N-1 D5+FM from Westerland airfield, Germany. Location: North Sea 40 km SW of Esbjerg
or
- shot down at 01:45 by Feldwebel Rudolf Mangelsdorf of the 12./NJG 3, flying a Ju 88 from Grove airfield. Location: North Sea 80 km SW of Ringkøbing
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations
Call Sign: AA-G
Takeoff time: 20:42
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Keith Halliburton RNZAF NZ/415411 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Devinder Singh Sidhu RAFVR 946455 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Patrick Torre Hunter RNZAF NZ/42297 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 09 July, 1940) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Leslie Thomas Scarfe RAFVR 1261331 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant David Church RAFVR 1196564 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Charles Henry George Boxall RAFVR 1393248 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Alexander Clunie Howell RNZAF NZ/392104 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://aircrewremembered.com/halliburton-keith.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2018 08:59 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Apr-2018 09:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Apr-2024 06:43 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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