ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51812
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Date: | Sunday 30 May 1943 |
Time: | 00:33 |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | HR840 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | along the road Reuver - Swalmen, 1 km N of Asselt, Limburg -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Lissett |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Target: Barmen-Wuppertal
Call Sign: NP-R
Takeoff time: 22:14
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. C.K. Surgey 1388224 RAF Jonkerbos 8 H 6 Initially buried Venlo
Flight engineer F/O. G.T. Ayton 145673 RAF Survived POW
Navigator P/O. C. Strand 145733 RAF Jonkerbos 12 H 1 Initially buried Venlo
Bomb aimer Sgt. E.S. Coster 659040 RAF Jonkerbos 8 H 9 Initially buried Venlo
Wo ag Sgt. K.G. Cottrell 1272556 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. W. George 1349772 RAF Jonkerbos 8 H 8 Initially buried Venlo
Air gunner W/O II S.J. Marugg R/93458 RCAF Jonkerbos 8 H 7 Initially buried Venlo
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2398&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
29-May-2018 19:43 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
02-Nov-2018 17:33 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
22-Jun-2022 22:17 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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