ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52078
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| Date: | Thursday 25 March 1943 |
| Time: | 01:36 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR665 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer NE of Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oblt. Dietrich Schmidt of the 8./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G9+DT (without Lichtenstein radar) from Twenthe airfield.
The Halifax was on a SOE (Special Operations Executive) operation to Overijssel.
Call Sign: NF-L
Takeoff time: 22:20
Crew:
Pilot F/O. E. Clow 402540 RNzAF Survived pow
Flight engineer Sgt. F. Boyd 1330315 RAF Survived pow
Navigator Sgt. T.W.R. Holmes 578011 RAF Survived pow
Bomb aimer Sgt. F. Ross 1239573 RAF Survived pow
Wo ag F/Sgt. R.D. Alexander 1333627 RAF Survived pow
Air gunner Sgt. S.W. Reynolds 1304128 RAF Survived pow
Air gunner Sgt. W.A.A. Floyd R/127528 RCAF Survived pow
Dutch Agent - A. Bergmann - Amsterdam Killed during NF attack. Codename "St. Andrew"
Dutch Agent - P.R. Gerbrands - Survived Save. Codename "St.John"
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=HR665&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive Part One
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Mar-2018 21:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2018 08:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 17:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 22:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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