ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51988
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| Date: | Saturday 1 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:26 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB803 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Noordpolder, Muiden, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington |
Shot down by Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: KN-G
Takeoff time: 23:53
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Gordon Watson RAFVR 1383608 [Killed] Muiden E 84
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ian Douglas Crawford RAF 634710 [Killed] Muiden E 80 drowned
Navigator : Flying Officer Arthur Edward Parsons RCAF J/11636 [Killed] Muiden E 85 drowned
Bomb Aimer / Navigator : Sergeant Leon Hannam RAFVR 1383305 [Killed] Muiden E 82 drowned
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William Robert Louth RAFVR 1198324 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 157
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Raymond Shepherd RAFVR 929961 [Killed] Muiden E 81 drowned
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Thomas Deuel Scarff RCAF R/95040 [Killed] Muiden E 83
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2224
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Google Maps
http://www.halifaxmonumentmuiden.nl/
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Apr-2018 10:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 14:11 | captainfrasca | Updated [Source] |
| 07-Nov-2018 21:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Jan-2019 10:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Mar-2024 09:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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