ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51231
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| Date: | Monday 22 November 1943 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW286 |
| MSN: | LK-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer NW of Urk, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith, East Yorkshire |
Crashed under unknown circumstances during a bombing raid on Berlin, Germany.
The aircraft was probably hit by heavy Flak of the 3./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 815 battery Vlieland-West. The Halifax bomber crashed in the IJsselmeer between Urk and Hindeloopen. 23 year old Sgt Alfred Springett is buried in the Protestant Cemetery at Hindeloopen and F/O Francis Moynihan at Lemmer Cemetery, while 19 year old Sgt Eddy Dyer's grave is at Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery. Their other crewmates have no known graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial near Windsor.
Takeoff time: 17:04
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3106&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem26.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Sep-2016 15:26 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 18:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 20:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 17:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Jun-2022 21:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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