ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51738
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:06 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 161 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DG405 |
| MSN: | MA-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer 7 km W of Urk, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Helmut Lent of the Stab IV./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+AF from Leeuwarden airfield. The Halifax was on its return flight, after having dropped two secret agents and supplies for the resistance movement over the central Netherlands.
Operation: SD / SOE
Takeoff time: 23:35
Crew:
Pilot P/O. R.G. Higgins 143695 RAF Runnymede Memorial 132
Flight engineer Sgt. N. Blanchard 903776 RAF Amsterdam 69 B 21 Body brought in from Urk 29 Jun 43
Navigator Sgt. C.W. Hartin 1432989 RAF Harderwijk 2 20 Recovered from IJsselmeer 2 Jul 43
Navigator F/Sgt. M.H. Moore R/141174 RCAF Amsterdam 69 B 21 Body brought in from Urk 29 Jun 43
Bomb aimer Sgt. G. George 658532 RAF Runnymede Memorial 150
Wo ag Sgt. F. Groom 1382101 RAF Runnymede Memorial 151
Air gunner Sgt. R.D. Pryde Watson 1572859 RAF Amsterdam 69 B 16 Body brought in from Urk 7 Jul 43
Air gunner Sgt. G.N. Cochrane 997456 RAF Runnymede Memorial 145
Dutch Agent - G.A. van Borssum Buisman - Survived Agent, landed safely before the crash
Dutch Agent - H. Letteboer - Survived Agent, landed safely before the crash
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2548&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jun-2018 08:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 17:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 17:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Jun-2022 21:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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