ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52062
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
| Time: | 03:47 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BB244 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Veldslagweg road, Vorden, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Lt. August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+ER from Twenthe airfield.
Target: Berlin
Call Sign: MH-Q
Takeoff time: 21:46
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Raymond George Harris RAFVR 124802 (NCO:1425585 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 September, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Mitchell Taylor RAFVR 1374466 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Victor John Dowling RAFVR 127304 (NCO:1387463 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 September, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant David Marlow Reed RAFVR 1293332 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Albert Heptonstall RAF 528021 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Jack Paton Young RCAF R/74870 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Williams RAFVR 1337304 [PoW]
Casualties lie at the Vorden General Cemetery, Netherlands (GPS 52.111496 / 6.331249)
Sources:
SGLO database- https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2150
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Mar-2018 07:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 19:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Mar-2024 07:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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