ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50893
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL184 |
| MSN: | KN-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, off Dutch coast -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington, Yorkshire |
Took off from RAF Elvington at 23:40 hrs, for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Germany. Crashed in the sea off the coast of Holland.
Probably, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1 (based at the Leeuwarden and Bergen airfields), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
On 19 May 1944, the body of Sgt Garfield was recovered W of Texel and he now lies in Bergen op zoom War Cemetery. The others are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
WO J Dunlop (KIA)
Sgt W Neil (KIA)
Flt Sgt T R Swinton RCAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt D J V Dawson RCAF (KIA)
Sgt C S Foster (KIA)
Sgt C E Jones (KIA)
Sgt B R Garfield (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3421&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 85.
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem6.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 September 1943 | JB839 | 77 Sqn RAF | 8 | near Oberhausen-Rheinhausen, Baden-Württemberg |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jun-2016 17:11 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 14:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-Dec-2019 20:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2019 13:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2022 07:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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