ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51550
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:40 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB864 |
| MSN: | DY-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hamburg-Sasel -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
Claimed shot down by Unteroffizier Friedrich Hagios of the 4./JG Herrmann (flying a Bf 109 G-6 or Fw 190A) and by Feldwebel Wilhelm Kurreck of the 8./NJG 3 (flying a Bf 110) and by heavy Flak. Claims Fw. Kurreck and Flak subsequently confirmed. Also coned by searchlights.
Takeoff time: 22:44
Crew:
Pilot F/O. G.McF. Clarke 128546 RAF Germany 5A K 14-15 Buried Ohlsdorf War Cem Hamburg
Flight engineer Sgt. H.G. Bartle 949381 RAF Germany 5A K 14-15 Buried Ohlsdorf War Cem Hamburg
Navigator Sgt. P.S.C. Thorne MiD 1324224 RAF Doetinchem 1 12 killed (2-2-45) after escape from 2nd arrest jumped of a train
Bomb aimer F/O. E.W. Slipp J/13274 RCAF Survived POW
Wo ag Sgt. C.A. Bailey 1385068 RAF Germany 5A K 14-15 Buried Ohlsdorf War Cem Hamburg
Air gunner Sgt. D. Harrison 641277 RAF Germany 5A K 14-15 Buried Ohlsdorf War Cem Hamburg
Air gunner P/O. W.J. Slater 50613 RAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2717A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft JA100 - JZ999, published 1990
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB864
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 February 1943 | HR669 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 8 | Knapsack, Hürth, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Sep-2011 02:38 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2011 02:55 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2018 19:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Jul-2018 15:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2018 14:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2018 18:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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