ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212046
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| Date: | Sunday 13 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:34 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK177 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Storkerhook, 6 km north of Nienborg, Heek, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann E. Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the Stab III./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands. Also claimed by heavy Flak units.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: MP-H
Takeoff time: 23:04
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Arthur Alfred Henri Pullan RNZAF NZ/416163 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ian Brodie Nicol RAFVR 1374808 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer John Kay RAFVR 129348 [Killed] (NCO:1438512 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 October, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John George Brown RAFVR 1432404 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Lawrence Charles Gearing RAFVR 1295163 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Herbert Baker RAFVR 1699340 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer John Edward Buxton RAF 529409 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DK177
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2018 07:42 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2023 06:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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