ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52205
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 January 1943 |
| Time: | 20:53 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT721 |
| MSN: | MH-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Huize Padua, between Boekel and Gemert, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Shot down by Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield - 5km NE Gemert N Helmond: 5,300m at 20:53. Crashed at Huize Padua (Psychiatric Institution) between Boekel and Gemert. Sgt Hough injured by a shrapnel and treated by a local GP (Dr Verbeeck). German SiPo ordered to bring him to a local hospital (in Boxmeer). Both (Best and Hough) were transferred to Lamsdorf POW camp.
Crew:
Pilot:R/67735 WOI Lawrence O'Neil Weakley (American) RCAF - Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery XVI. F. 14.
2nd Pilot:1383778 Sgt P A Best injured - Camps Stalag 8B Teschen /Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 27517
Flight Engineer:539721 Sgt Robert Hough injured -PoW Camps Stalag 8B Teschen Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 27518.
Bomb Aimer:1321773 Sgt John Alexander Daragon - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJB Grave 3
Navigator::1043990 Sgt Clifford Street PoW Stalag 8B Teschen Aug 44-May 45. Number 27664 Heikant, Holland Jan 43. Liberation Report WO208/3335/1753
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:136323 Plt Off E V J Purnell PoW Camp 21B Blechammer (Detachment E.793, Stalag 344) /Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. Prisoners No. 257
Air Gunner: Aus/400255 Sgt Louis James Hammond RAAF - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJB. Grave 5.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2005&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
CWGC
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/d/a/y/Lynda-A-Day/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0014.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1943 | JD261 | 51 Sqn RAF | 7 | 1 km NE of Wanroij, Noord-Brabant | |
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| 26 July 1943 | HR749 | 51 Sqn RAF | 7 | Missing, North Sea, off Dutch coast | |
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| 23 August 1943 | HR936 | 51 Sqn RAF | 0 | along Westerhornerweg, Lutjegast, Groningen prv | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Jan-2018 09:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2018 09:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 28-Jan-2018 16:45 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2018 10:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 20:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 29-Apr-2022 11:46 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
| 22-Jun-2022 15:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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