ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231805
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 03:39 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX185 |
| MSN: | DY-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Brandenburg an der Havel -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:24 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Sachsen.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans Raum of the 9./NJG 3, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Stade airfield in Niedersachsen.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Wesley Barrington Dean RCAF J/20219 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Montague Arthur Clarke RAF 1625027 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Robert Cyril Trett RAF 1457483 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Ian Murdoch Dryden RCAF J/85094 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Alfred John Milner RAF 1432825 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Clifford Loosemore RAAF Aus/426359 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer William Warwick Stenning RAF 155882 (NCO:1523054 : Commission Gazetted Thursday 18 May, 1944) [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HX185
Google Maps
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG3.htm
http://ww2.dk/oob/bestand/njagd/biiinjg3.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 December 1942 | W7911 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher, Somme département |  |
w/o |
| 7 September 1943 | JB921 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | Antdorf, Bayern | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2019 11:18 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Dec-2019 11:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Feb-2024 13:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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