ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51849
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| Date: | Monday 24 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:16 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1217 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer 15 km west of Makkum, Friesland (PQ5312A) -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire, UK |
Upon returning from a bombing raid to Dortmund, Germany, the plane was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Helmut Lent of the Stab IV./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+EF from Leeuwarden airfield.
All seven crew members perished in the crash. Five bailed out by parachute but drowned in the IJsselmeer. The other two crew members were also found deceased in the IJsselmeer.
Call Sign: ZA-Z
Takeoff time: 22:42
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. C.J.J. Hine 1335229 RAF Makkum M 36
Flight engineer Sgt. A. Hall 577780 RAF Makkum M 33 Washed up Breezanddijk on 3rd Jun 43
Navigator F/O. J.W.T. King 121250 RAF Makkum M 32 Washed up Afsluitdijk pole 20.3 on 3rd Jun 43
Bomb aimer Sgt. H.G. Ashton 1394127 RAF Makkum M 37
Wireless op Sgt. E.C. Church 1270457 RAF Bergen op Zoom 32 A 9 Washed up southside Afsluitdijk 7 Oct 43
Air gunner Sgt. G.D. Nisbet R/155845 RCAF Makkum M 35 Washed up near Piaam 7th June 43. PV Marechaussee states grave N 35
Air gunner Sgt. R.F.F. Baggaley 1436522 RAF Bergen op Zoom 30 A 9 Washed up pole 2 near Huisduinen 5 Jun 43
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2351&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.arg1940-1945.nl/halifax%20w1217.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Nov-2017 18:35 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2018 17:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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