ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213847
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| Date: | Saturday 31 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:40 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD329 |
| MSN: | EY-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Uedesheim, Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, Yorkshire, UK |
Hit by Flak, probably shot down by Feldwebel Hermann Wischnewski of the 3./JG Herrmann, flying a Bf 109 G-6 or an Fw 190A.
Takeoff time: 22:08
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Ronald Shelton RAFVR 1484074 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer David Williams RAFVR 149466 [Killed] (NCO:1077259 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 September, 1943)
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Angus Herbert Marshall RAFVR 1575371 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Gerald Ivor Whitehouse RAF 133710 [PoW] (NCO:1432787 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 05 January, 1943)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Francis Harper RAFVR 1083168 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Keith Arnold Skidmore RAAF Aus/421759 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Gerald Alan Rourke RAAF Aus/415683 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD329
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 July 1943 | JB801 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | 2.5 km north of Giessenburg, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 27 September 1943 | LW230 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hattendorf, Auetal, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jul-2018 21:11 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Jul-2018 21:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 30-Jul-2023 06:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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