ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51865
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| Date: | Saturday 22 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:00 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BB329 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oosthuizerweg 87/89, near Noordbeemster, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford |
BB329 left Tempsford Airfield on the night of May 22nd 1943 on mission Marrow 35 & 36 to drop seven containers and two packages on each target. The plane was hit by Flak of the German Luftwaffe.
Five of the crew were taken prisoner while the other two crew members were killed.
Call Sign: NF-Z
Takeoff time: 00:53
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. P.E. Norris 1291204 RAF Survived POW
Flight engineer Sgt. S. Boothroyd 636558 RAF Bergen NH 2 E 20
Navigator Sgt. J.H. Dixon 1132611 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer Sgt. L.W. Tomlinson 1504089 RAF Survived POW
Wireless op Sgt. A.W. Mureph 1382350 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. F.W. Green 1323355 RAF Survived POW
Air Despatcher Sgt. W.H. Wild 1504089 RAF Bergen NH 2 E 19
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2349&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.tnorris.freeservers.com/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Nov-2013 18:00 | gerard57 | Updated [Date, Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2018 08:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 17:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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