ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51703
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:56 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD250 |
| MSN: | MH-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km WNW of Vlissingen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Strüning of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Wuppertal, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:13
Crew:
Pilot F/O. J.N.C. MacKenzie 119333 RAF Amsterdam 69 B 9
Flight engineer Sgt. W. Blackie 138391 RAF Runnymede Memorial 142
Navigator P/O. A.J. Fitchett 138391 RAF Castricum J 6
Bomb aimer P/O. C.A. Johnson 135112 RAF Runnymede Memorial 125
Wo ag Sgt. R.W. Stevenson 1024896 RAF Runnymede Memorial 165
Air gunner Sgt. W. Andrews R/104347 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 181
Air gunner Sgt. R.E. Murdock R/100833 RCAF Vlissingen F 24 Washed up Kamperland 14th Jul 43
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=JD250&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 April 1943 | HR729 | 51 Sqn RAF | 6 | claim location: Bechtolsheim, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Nov-2018 17:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2018 08:27 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Jun-2022 14:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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