ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51659
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:34 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT783 |
| MSN: | ZA-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wolfsput, Aarle-Rixtel, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Günther Radusch of the Stab II./NJG 3 (detached to Stab I./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Target: Köln, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:37
The crew is buried at the Eindhoven cemetery:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Stanley Peate RAFVR 117424 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Horace Pape RAF 547328 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Paul Leopold Rakoczy RCAF R/137366 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Horace Horatio Pearson RAFVR 134671 [Killed] (NCO:1432822 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 February, 1943)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Alfred Bailey RAFVR 1081675 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Harry Erickson RCAF R/116318 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Joseph Gerald Swe (NCO:1430690 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 26 May, 1942)eney RCAF R/90889 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=DT783&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/42/Killed-Airmen-Memorial.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 January 1970 | LV906 | 10 Sqn RAF | 0 | 15 km. W of Aachen, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 3 February 1945 | RG443 | 10 Sqn RAF | 6 | Marienschootstraat, Nunhem, Limburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Sep-2014 12:09 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Nov-2018 20:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 19:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 28-Jun-2023 07:28 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Operator]] |
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