ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51777
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| Date: | Saturday 12 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:24 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR788 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oosterschelde, SW of Scherpenisse, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Reinhard Kollak of the 7./NJG 4 (detached to 1./NJG 1), flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+EH from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: MH-
Takeoff time: 23:51
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. J.J. Anderson 656484 RAF Bergen op Zoom 3 C 10
Flight engineer Sgt. G. Luff 632404 RAF Runnymede Memorial 157
Navigator Sgt. A.R. Helliwell 1098278 RAF Vlissingen F 8
Bomb aimer Sgt. A.E. Brodie 658031 RAF Bergen op Zoom 3 B 4
Wo ag Sgt. D. Glassman 1382321 RAF Runnymede Memorial 150
Air gunner Sgt. G.E. Evans 1473151 RAF Bergen op zoom RCAF 6 G 1 Washed up along the Scheldedijk near Halsteren on 23 Jun 43
Air gunner Sgt. F.J. Biddle 1266090 RAF Vlissingen F 26
UK National Archives holds a set of two PoW cards for Flight Sergeant James John Anderson. Given the fact that they give little beyond a service number, a date of death (12 June 1943) these almost certainly relate to the recovery of Flight Sergeant Anderson’s body. Please see source below.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2417&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
WO 416/7/167 - Prisoner of War cards for Flight Sergeant Anderson - UK National Archives, Kew, England.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Jun-2018 09:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 18:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 10:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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