ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51989
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| Date: | Saturday 1 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:32 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB783 |
| MSN: | KN-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Noordweg road, Hoenderloo, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington |
Takeoff at 23:54 for an operation to Essen, Germany.
Hit by heavy Flak of the 1./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 242 and the 1. & 4./schwere Flak-Abteilung 428. The aircraft crashed into the woods north of Hoenderloo, the area is called the Spelderholt estate.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Alec Reginald Camburn RAFVR 1092905 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Lawrence Dubetz RCAF R/76935 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Ronald Eric Hawkins RAFVR 1314531 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Neville Aubrey Fearneyhough RAF 1010089 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Alfred James Butlin RAF 1383141 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Traverse Jardine RAFVR 1691928 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Kevin Hendry RAFVR 1478299 [Killed]
All lie at the Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidehof) General Cemetery, Netherlands except Sergeant Dubetz who rests at the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2223
Google Maps
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landgoed_Spelderholt
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 June 1944 | LL549 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Fontaine-l'Étalon, Pas-de-Calais département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Apr-2018 10:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 21:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Mar-2019 16:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2022 07:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Apr-2024 07:14 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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