ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51747
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | 03:24 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7878 |
| MSN: | TL-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 140 km west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Rudolf Sigmund of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen or Leeuwarden airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:30
Crew:
Pilot F/O. M.W.P. Clarke 127957 RAF Bergen op Zoom 32 B 10 Washed up near Callantsoog 5-7-43
Flight engineer Sgt. C.M. Harcombe 577177 RAF Bergen NH 2 C 7 Washed up near Bergen aan Zee 8-7-43
Navigator Sgt. F.M. Mazin 1600686 RAF Runnymede Memorial 158
Bomb aimer Sgt. B.J. Dowse 1078821 RAF Runnymede Memorial 148
Wo ag Sgt. H.R. Fink 1331566 RAF Bergen NH 2 C 6 Washed up near Bergen aan Zee 4-7-43
Air gunner Sgt. A.C. MacLeod 950711 RAF Runnymede Memorial 158
Air gunner Sgt. J.G.P.E. Richer R/81607 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 185
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2491&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 June 1942 | W1021 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 0 | Diegem, Machelen, Flemish Brabant (claim location) |  |
w/o |
| 26 July 1942 | W1147 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 6 | Orthen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 19 August 1942 | W1226 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 0 | near Sønderborg, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 31 August 1943 | HR878 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 4 | 1.5 km east of Kuinre, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Jun-2018 18:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2019 11:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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