ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52048
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| Date: | Sunday 4 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:47 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HR713 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 60 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Claimed shot down by Oblt. Eberhard Gardiewski of the 12./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+AZ from Leeuwarden airfield.
Also, probably hit by Flak of 1./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 816 near IJmuiden at 23:45.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: EQ-F
Takeoff time: 19:45
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Robert Hodgson Perry Gamble RCAF J/9337 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Robert Walton Barker RAFVR 989712 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II Donald Leslie Jarrett RCAF R/90781 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Charles Noola Black RAAF Aus/405437 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer Kenneth Septimus McColl RAAF Aus/401712 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Albert James Hawkins RAFVR 919537 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Edmund Rothell Ray RCAF J/11851 [Killed]
All are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2168&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://aircrewremembered.com/gamble-robert.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Apr-2018 13:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 17:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 03-Apr-2024 06:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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