ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51425
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 August 1943 |
| Time: | 22:41 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR878 |
| MSN: | TL-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1.5 km east of Kuinre, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden or Bergen airfield.
Takeoff time: 20:10
Crew:
Pilot S/L. W.W. Surtees 77876 RAF Survived POW
Flight engineer P/O. E.J. Brown 52566 RAF Kuinre 22 40D
Navigator F/Lt. G. Newsham DFC 79755 RAF Kuinre 22 40C
Bomb aimer P/O. H.G.W. Wooley 148818 RAF Survived POW
Wo ag F/O. H.A. Penny 139204 RAF Survived evader; returned to UK 11 Nov 43
Air gunner Sgt. T.H. Sutton 1033490 RAF Kuinre 22 40B
Air gunner F/Sgt. J.R. Griffin 848343 RAF Kuinre 22 40E
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2854&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 June 1942 | W1021 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 0 | Diegem, Machelen, Flemish Brabant (claim location) |  |
w/o |
| 26 July 1942 | W1147 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 6 | Orthen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 19 August 1942 | W1226 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 0 | near Sønderborg, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | W7878 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 140 km west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Aug-2018 08:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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