ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51763
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| Date: | Sunday 13 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:13 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DK183 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Prins Hendrikpolder, Den Hoorn, Texel island, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming - Yorkshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Rolf Leuchs of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen or Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: ZL-S
Takeoff time: 23:12
Crew:
Pilot P/O. A.M. Fellner 25 J/16714 RCAF PoW - Captured 13-06-43 Texel, PoW
Flight Engineer Sgt. J. Imms 23 640842 RAF DOW Bergen NH 2 D 10 Died in Marinelazerett Heiloo
Navigator P/O. G.W.R. Dalton 25 J/17164 RCAF DOW Den Burg K 3 54
Bomb Aimer P/O. W.A. Thurston 21 J/17163 RCAF PoW -
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner P/O. B.L. Tedford 23 J/17609 RCAF KIA Den Burg K 3 52
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. A. Dixon 19 R/176201 RCAF KIA Sage War Cem 7 A 10 Bailed out over sea and washed up Borkum.
Rear Gunner P/O. G.S. Huston 28 J/17316 RCAF PoW -
deejay:
A part of this aircraft has been recovered and can be seen in the small aviation museum of Texel. I myself was able to obtain an WW2 RCAF cap badge which was found at the crash site by a Dutch local who was forced to help clear the wreckage. The former owner of this badge not traceable unfortunately.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2447
Book "Wespennest Leeuwarden" of Ab A. Jansen pages 216 - 221 detailed description of this event.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Dec-2009 05:50 | deejay | Updated |
| 12-Jun-2018 20:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2018 20:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2018 19:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 12-Jan-2019 10:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 06:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Jun-2023 08:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [[Location]] |
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