ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51990
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| Date: | Saturday 1 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:21 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DT741 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lent, opposite the electricity powerplant, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Lodge, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: LQ-P
Takeoff time: 00:08
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Herbert Philipson Atkinson RAF 47360 (NCO:580281 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 06 January, 1942) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer Edward Patrick Nurse RCAF C/11767 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Kenneth Collopy RCAF R/102333 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer William Albert George Hardy RCAF J/10054 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Robert Mcamis Reilly RCAF J/16628 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant George Laroy MacCallum RCAF R/76187 [PoW]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Francis Redmond O'Neill RCAF R/7808 [PoW]
Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Norman Herman Weiler RCAF J/18604 [PoW]
The two deceased crew members are buried at Uden War Cemetery, the Netherlands.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2225&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=405
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65410429
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Sep-2014 14:41 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2018 13:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2018 16:49 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-May-2023 09:08 | gerard57 | Updated [[Operator]] |
| 30-Apr-2024 07:18 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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