ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51943
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1943 |
| Time: | 00:36 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR667 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Bumawei and Eelke Meinertswei, east of Westergeest, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Robert Denzel of the 12./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+HZ from Leeuwarden airfield. Also claimed by Flak of the 3./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 battery Vlieland-West (at 00:32). Both claims confirmed by the Luftwaffe.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: DY-O
Takeoff time: 22:36
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader John Bernard Flowerdew RAF 37542 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Peter Edward Tiller RAF 576698 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Donald Edward Grant RAFVR 133564 (NCO:1396962 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 12 January, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Harold George Raymond Chiverton RAFVR 134570 (NCO:1337644 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 05 January, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant John George Stanley Dutton RAFVR 1209360 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Kenneth Howard Buck RCAF R/83572 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Rose RAFVR 1356376 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2261&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 |
| 04-May-2018 14:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2018 14:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2018 18:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Mar-2024 13:24 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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