ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51735
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:58 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK224 |
| MSN: | MP-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 200 m off Kasteel Slot Zuylen, Oud-Zuilen, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Werner Baake of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:09
Crew:
Pilot P/O. J. Carrie 145478 RAF Survived evader, POW
Co-Pilot G/Cpt. D.E.L. Wilson 16 RAAF Survived evader
Flight engineer Sgt. R. Huke 1384738 RAF Utrecht 12D 1 1 parachute failure
Navigator Sgt. G.B. Thomason 1168404 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer Sgt. R.W. Hibbs 1320704 RAF Survived POW
Wo ag Sgt. E.L. McVitie 1122691 RAF Survived evader, POW
Air gunner Sgt. S.M. Davies 649143 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. R.H. Hammett R/90401 RCAF Survived POW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2543&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 January 1942 | L9581 | 76 Sqn RAF | 0 | 4 miles off Aberdeen, Scotland |  |
unk |
| 31 July 1943 | DK202 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Leverkusen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 4 November 1944 | LW648 | 76 Sqn RAF | 3 | Vohwinkel, Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jun-2018 08:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 30-Jun-2022 08:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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