ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51096
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| Date: | Monday 20 December 1943 |
| Time: | 21:00 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JN974 |
| MSN: | EY-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oirschot, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton |
Takeoff at 16:19 for an operation to Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Hit by Flak, shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Baake of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 or He 219 A-0 from Venlo airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant James Gellately Smith RAFVR 120608 [Evaded]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant W H Heubner USAAF 10601520 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Temple Frost RAF 1587458 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Sydney Smith RAF 121394 [PoW] (NCO:1379588 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 June, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Wilfred Boddy RAF 1577663 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Joseph Clifford Cash RAF 1078263 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant F E P Allen RAF 1585144 [Evaded]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Geoffrey Julian Woods RAAF Aus/408304 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3236&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 May 1943 | JB915 | 78 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Epe, Gronau, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 27 September 1943 | JD476 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | 2 km northwest of Wiechendorf (Wedemark, Niedersachsen) | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Dec-2018 13:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2018 15:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2018 13:08 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 28-Jan-2019 10:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2023 07:40 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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