ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52051
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| Date: | Saturday 3 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:44 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DT723 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Haringvliet, south of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Walter Schön of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: LQ-F
Takeoff time: 19:56
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer James Lago RCAF J/16960 [PoW]
2nd Pilot : Warrant Officer Class I Keith Oliver Perry RCAF R/87712 [PoW, died later]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Welland Wilfred Phipps RCAF R/54222 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 March, 1944) [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer John Henry Colwell RCAF J/10418 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Class II Walter Stanley Beatty RCAF R/119427 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer William Henry Hoddinott RCAF J/9848 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Henry Champion Waugh RCAF R/58818 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Amand Burns Granbois RCAF R/102442 [PoW]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2166&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Apr-2018 15:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2018 16:49 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Apr-2024 06:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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