ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51860
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| Date: | Monday 24 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:39 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK169 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Broeklanderdijk, Broekland, near Raalte, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Hit by Flak and shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: MP-M
Takeoff time: 22:30
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Clifford Harold Cousins RAF 1320792 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Parr RAF 1021354 [PoW]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Arthur William Leon Pruce RAF 130592 (NCO:1320813 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 24 November, 1942) [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Joseph Francis Hughes RAF 1147600 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Arthur George Dale RAF 1333001 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer John Wallace Coleman RAFVR 137555 (NCO:954908 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 May, 1943) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Henry Arthur Crouse RCAF R/97071 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2353&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-May-2018 19:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Mar-2024 12:55 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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