ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51691
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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:34 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DK135 |
| MSN: | ZL-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along Helderseweg, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Joachim Jabs of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen or Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:22
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Gerald Alban Gagnon RCAF J/17025 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Kenneth Albert Shannon RAF 623715 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Robert James Frost RCAF J/13420 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Charles Richard Page RCAF R/114415 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant John Richard Hooley RCAF R/108426 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Clarence Ray Munson RCAF R/116469 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Angus Anthony McKinnon RCAF R/104179 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=DK180&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 June 1944 | LV938 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Juvincourt-et-Damary; Aisne département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Dec-2018 15:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2018 15:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2018 16:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jan-2019 12:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2024 20:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2024 20:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2024 06:50 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
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