ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51678
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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 00:51 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB928 |
| MSN: | EY-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along the Bergerweg road, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, Yorkshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Rolf Leuchs of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.
Target: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Crew:
Pilot F/O. M.H. Oddie 111481 RAF Bergen NH 2 C 5
Flight engineer Sgt. A.D. Gillespie 646303 RAAF Survived
Navigator Sgt. A.J. Hutchinson 1576732 RAF Survived
Bomb aimer P/O. P. Daulby 135109 RAF Survived
Wireless op F/Sgt. A.J. Guy 1310249 RAF Survived
Air gunner Sgt. T.L. Roberts R/140303 RCAF Survived
Air gunner P/O. D.W. Lusty 140905 RAF Survived
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2590&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 September 1944 | MZ763 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | Moesel, Weert, Limburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Dec-2018 16:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2018 16:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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