ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51821
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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:47 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB958 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Den Hool, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne |
Shot down by the crew of Leutnant Werner Rapp & Hans Ortmann of the 7./NJG 1, who had taken off from Twente airfield at 00:45 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+CR.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: ZA-W
Takeoff time: 23:06
Crew:
Pilot F/O. G. Rawlinson 128872 RAF Sleen 12 298-299
Flight engineer Sgt. J. Howarth 1479264 RAF Sleen 12 298-299
Navigator Sgt. W.K. Warren 1433350 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer Sgt. S.G. Beattie 1347709 RAF Sleen 12 297
Wo ag Sgt. E. Williams 1125812 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. E.S. Buck 1313328 RAF Sleen 12 295
Air gunner Sgt. E.B. Blackbarow 1317476 RAF Sleen 12 296
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2386&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Flugbuch Ortmann
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-May-2018 17:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Jan-2022 22:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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