ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210189
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| Date: | Saturday 1 May 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB846 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marl near Recklinghausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington |
Hit by Flak based in the VI. Luftgau (greater Münster area).
Target: Essen
Call Sign: KN-L
Takeoff time: 23:52
Crew:
Pilot - F/Lt Frederick Clifford Bertram RAF (43195).
Flight Engineer - Sgt Kenneth Ambler RAFVR (1104327).
Navigator - Sgt Cecil Wallace Warne RAFVR (1090550).
Bomb Aimer - Sgt Charles Henry Herbert RAFVR (1220683).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt John Peter Hughes Brownlee RAFVR (1289968).
Air Gunner - Sgt William Charles Bostock RAFVR (1376911).
Air Gunner - Sgt Jack Douglas Olding RAFVR (913181).
Charles Herbert is remembered on a family grave in Lewisham, south London. See source 4 for details.
Sources:
1. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
2. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/24375-JB8461943-05-01.html
3. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york43/dt626.html
4. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/84528
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2018 10:17 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 21:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Aug-2023 15:45 | Richard | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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