ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51919
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Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
Time: | 01:23 |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | HR786 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Kanaaldijk, Jisp, Noord-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Bruno Eikmeier of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: MH-J
Takeoff time: 22:49
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer George William Locksmith RAFVR 143389 (NCO:1264546 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 May, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer John Isaac Noble RAFVR 146104 (NCO:986537 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 July, 1943) [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Reginald Tunstall RAFVR 146287 (NCO:1379913 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 July, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Alfred Jones Hendry RAFVR 146447 (NCO:1125647 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 July, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Hugh Alan Roberts RAFVR 1056193 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Cyril Norman Victor Cogdell RAFVR 1352803 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Gerald Olivier Marcel Massip-De-Turville RAFVR 121055 (NCO:1160825 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 July, 1942) [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
SGLO database -
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2282 Google Maps
http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/14612/Memorial-Aircraft-Crashes.htm Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
11-Oct-2014 09:37 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source] |
09-May-2018 17:47 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Nov-2018 19:23 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
12-May-2023 08:47 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
21-Mar-2024 09:43 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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