ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51663
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 June 1943 |
| Time: | 03:26 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT513 |
| MSN: | MH-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 50 km W of Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith, East Yorkshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Viktor Sorko of the 4./NJG 3 (detached to 1./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Köln, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:39
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. D.W. Sigournay 1332421 RAF Bergen NH 2 C 14 Washed up near pole 34 Bergen aan Zee 15th Jul 43
Flight engineer Sgt. E. Kent 1333800 RAF Runnymede Memorial 155
Navigator F/O. F.R. Haines 133331 RAF Runnymede Memorial 124
Bomb aimer Sgt. M. Wood 1086890 RAF Runnymede Memorial 170
Wo ag Sgt. E.W.V. Pierce 1333026 RAF Runnymede Memorial 161
Air gunner Sgt. R.V. Boyd 1308219 RAF Runnymede Memorial 143
Air gunner Sgt. S. Bonner 1622347 RAF Runnymede Memorial 143
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2617&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 August 1944 | LW538 | 51 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Zoutkamp, Groningen prv | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Nov-2018 20:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 18:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 15:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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