ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52007
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 April 1943 |
| Time: | 02:34 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DG423 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Carlton Hotel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield. Hit the Carlton Hotel (Luftwaffe HQ) in amsterdam. Three Germans and six Dutch civilians were killed.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: MP-H
Takeoff time: 00:51
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Donald Gordon McNab RNZAF NZ/415416 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Wood RAFVR 1047244 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Fred Noel Slingsby RAFVR 658262 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Noel Douglas Fleming RAFVR 129158 (NCO:1451847 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 December, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Bertie Frederick Keable RAFVR 1295228 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Clifford Clarence Strain RCAF R/127567 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Jack Clegg RAFVR 656810 [Killed]
All lie at the Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery (GPS 52.346631 / 4.938324)
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2209
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
book Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Apr-2018 17:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2018 17:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2018 14:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 04:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2024 06:19 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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