ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51156
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| Date: | Saturday 4 December 1943 |
| Time: | 01:47 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW343 |
| MSN: | TL-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kerkweg, Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Rolland of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen or Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Leipzig, Germany
Takeoff time: 00:01
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. D.J.H. Cheal 133408 RAF Survived POW
Flight engineer Sgt. K. Holt 1279234 RAF Bergen op Zoom 10 A 20-22 Initially buried at Huisduinen
Navigator P/O. J.C. Bonet J/20043 RCAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer P/O. E.A. Alliston 144047 RAF Bergen op Zoom 10 A 20-22 Initially buried at Huisduinen
Wireless op Sgt. H.H. Smith 1578044 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner W/O II J.A.W. McKenzie R/116753 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 10 A 20-22 Initially buried at Huisduinen
Air gunner Sgt. F.J. Dimond 1850638 RAF Bergen op Zoom 31 A 1 Initially buried at Huisduinen
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3172&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 December 1941 | L9600 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 7 | Off the Belgian coast |  |
w/o |
| 11 December 1941 | L9600 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 7 | Off the Belgian coast | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Dec-2018 07:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2018 20:00 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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