ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51159
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| Date: | Saturday 4 December 1943 |
| Time: | 03:05 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | EB137 |
| MSN: | SE-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zakedijkje, Bergen, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tholthorpe |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Karl-Georg Pfeiffer of the 12./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+EZ from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Leipzig, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:39
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. F.A. Long 1335994 RAF Bergen NH 2 B 8-12
Flight engineer Sgt. G. Heider R/54915 RCAF Bergen NH 2 B 8-12
Navigator F/Sgt. R.R. Steven 1092305 RAF Bergen NH 2 B 8-12
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. G.F. Brown 1318730 RAF Bergen NH 2 B 8-12
Wo ag F/Sgt. W.C. Burley 1377962 RAF Bergen NH 2 B 8-12
Air gunner Sgt. J.G. L'Argent 1562678 RAF Bergen NH 2 B 8-12
Air gunner P/O. G.H. Armstrong J/27607 RCAF Bergen NH 2 B 7
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3173&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2619852
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1944 | LK842 | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF | 4 | Houthalen-Helchteren, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Dec-2018 07:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2018 20:00 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 30-Dec-2020 15:09 | tachel | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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