ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52052
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| Date: | Saturday 3 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:50 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DT617 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 km north of Olst, 20 km south of Zwolle, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Crashed during a bombing mission on Essen, Germany. Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Herbert Lütje of the 8./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twenthe airfield.
Call Sign: VR-G
Takeoff time: 19:52
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Peter Delamere Boyd RAFVR 125482 (NCO:1043666 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 September, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Serbert Norman Hall RCAF R/65638 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Gordon Williams Lawry RCAF J/12970 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Birkett Langley RAFVR 1511061 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Laurence Henry Ransome RAFVR 1079156 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Hamish Turner Macdonald RAFVR 132735 (NCO:656148 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 May, 1943) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Beverley William Agar RCAF R/105759 [Killed]
All lie at the Olst (Duur) General Cemetery, Netherlands (GPS 52.337997 / 6.106812)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2170&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/Halifax10140.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Sep-2017 10:31 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2018 15:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 15:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Apr-2024 06:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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