Incident Handley Page Halifax Mk II HR750,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51824
 
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Date:Friday 28 May 1943
Time:00:47
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:51 Sqn RAF
Registration: HR750
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Oud-Reemst, Otterlo, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Snaith
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinz Oloff of the 2./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+GK from Gilze-Rijen airfield.

Target: Essen
Call Sign: MH-W
Takeoff time: 23:08
Crew:
Pilot W/O A.H. Beeston 903396 RAF Survived POW
Flight engineer Sgt. E.D. Matthews 960207 RAF Survived POW
Navigator F/O. R. Walker 52179 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. H. West 948124 RAF Survived POW
Wo ag F/Sgt. H.F. Court 1267019 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner F/Sgt. A.G. East 924414 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner F/Sgt. E.H. Perlman 1319196 RAF Survived POW

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2387&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
28-May-2018 18:39 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Nov-2018 18:54 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
23-Feb-2019 18:04 TigerTimon Updated [Location]

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