ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51658
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:27 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR697 |
| MSN: | ZA-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bilserbaan road, Maastricht, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Johannes Hager of the 4./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+CC from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium.
Target: Köln, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:09
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Roy Hamilton Geddes RAAF Aus/401939 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Robert Stirratt White RAFVR 1388298 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant David Brown RAFVR 1386316 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Herbert Ernest Cross RAF 143801 [Killed] (NCO:999913 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 May, 1943)
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Reginald Eric Bradshaw RAFVR 148755 [Killed] (NCO:1385805 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 24 August, 1943)
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Clifford Entwistle RAFVR 1113359 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Robert Shannon RAAF Aus/411231 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Albert William Booth RAFVR 1424526 [Killed]
The dead of the crew were buried initially at Venlo, since reinterred at the Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=HR697&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 March 1942 | W1043 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Sor Flulan at Fættenfjord north of Trondheim |  |
w/o |
| 28 September 1943 | JD272 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | Wippingen, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Nov-2018 15:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 19:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 28-Jun-2023 07:30 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Operator]] |
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