ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51845
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| Date: | Monday 24 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:41 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7926 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee 4 km E of Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Eberhard Gardiewski of the 12./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+AZ from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: EY-P
Takeoff time: 22:49
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Bernard William Thomas Horn RAF 1314632 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Richard Ferrie Cumming RAF 949595 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant George Irving RAF 1478748 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant William Hall Allely RAF 1339764 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Douglas Raymond Wilcox RAF 1029741 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Churchyard RCAF R/108763 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George James Uriah Stevens RAF 905183 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2354&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-May-2018 19:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2018 06:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Mar-2024 20:39 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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