ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52200
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| Date: | Thursday 28 January 1943 |
| Time: | 00:30 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7918 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee E of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
| Dusseldorf |
Hit by heavy Flak in the target area at Düsseldorf.
Call Sign: DY-T
Takeoff time: 18:10
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Bruce Keith Lindsay RAFVR 106366 (NCO:1382440 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 September, 1941) Killed
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Alan Bennett RAFVR 1102644 Killed
Observer : Flight Lieutenant Gerald James O'Hanley RCAF J/10184 Killed
Crew : Sergeant R Thompson RCAF R/656921 PoW
Crew : Sergeant Alan Frederick Turner RCAF R/92602 PoW
Crew : Flying Officer James Malcolm Colquhoun RCAF J/10181 PoW, killed later
Sgt Turner is noted as being killed on 5th March 1945, whilst a PoW. This might well have been one of the 'strafing friendly fire' incidents, when Allied fighters strafed PoW columns by mistake, believing them to be that of enemy troops.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2016&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
nachtjagd combat archive 1943 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7918
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Jan-2018 09:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 25-Aug-2018 09:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 17:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 11:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Jan-2024 07:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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