ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51737
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:12 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DK141 |
| MSN: | ZL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kaathoven, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinrich Wohlers of the Stab IV./NJG 4 (detached to 3./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
Sgt. Jim Spencer, the Flight Engineer, of the 427 aircraft was the only crew member to survive. He was later captured and finished the war as a POW. All other crew members perished.
Takeoff time: 23:24
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. J.D. Hamilton R/102390 RCAF Bergen op zoom RCAF 11 F 8 Initially buried Breda
Flight engineer W/O J.A. Spencer R/60309 RCAF Survived pow
Navigator W/O II J.J. Reansbury R/90121 RCAF Bergen op zoom RCAF 11 F 10 Initially buried Breda
Obs ba Sgt. G.D. Sharp 629132 RAF Bergen op Zoom 25 A 4 Initially buried Breda
Wo ag Sgt. N.G. Whiting 1199977 RAF Bergen op Zoom 27 A 11 Initially buried Breda
Air gunner F/Sgt. P.J.A. Dennis R/151093 RCAF Bergen op zoom RCAF 11 F 12 Initially buried Breda
Air gunner F/Sgt. G.L. Tyrone R/147160 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 25 A 3 Initially buried Breda
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2549&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.427squadron.com/history/stories/kaathoven_memorial.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 June 1943 | DK180 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Rozenburg polder, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 26 June 1943 | DK190 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 7 | near 'Huize Amelte', Veldhofstraat 50, Gorssel, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 31 July 1943 | EB242 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Delhoven, Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 31 August 1943 | LK629 | 427 ('Lion') Sqn RCAF | 7 | probably Aartselaar, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Nov-2015 17:36 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2015 18:36 | Gloug | Updated [Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2018 09:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2018 19:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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