ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52136
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| Date: | Monday 1 March 1943 |
| Time: | 23:52 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BB223 |
| MSN: | MH-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Klarenbeekseweg Voorst, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1- Voorst, 2km NW Zutphen (4C): 800m - whilst flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot:1268035 Flt Sgt John David William Stenhouse - Voorst General Cemetery Grave 1
Flight Engineer:1030271 Sgt Cyril Avery - Voorst General Cemetery Grave 2
Observer:R/100737 Flt Sgt William Colangelo RCAF - Voorst General Cemetery Collective Grave 4-5
Bomb Aimer:1390141 Sgt Alfred Beauchamp Voorst General Cemetery Collective Grave 4-5
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:142482 Plt Off Ronald Arthur Bertram Willmott Voorst Collective Grave 4-5 (NCO:922012 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 04 May, 1943)
Air Gunner: 1430996 Sgt Amos Howe Voorst General Cemetery Grave Grave 3
Air Gunner:102115 Fg Off John Bryce Duncan Voorst General Cemetery Collective Grave 4-5 (NCO:1002545 Commission Gazetted : Friday 22 August, 1941)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2077&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
CWGC
https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/117153/Monument-Halifax-BB-223.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1943 | HR731 | 51 Sqn RAF | 7 | IJsselmeer 20 km NE of Harderwijk, Gelderland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Mar-2018 15:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2018 16:26 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 19:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 02-Mar-2019 20:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2024 08:08 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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