ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52206
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 January 1943 |
| Time: | 20:10 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT705 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Borneo, Mill, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
| Dusseldorf |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Reinhold Knacke of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 F-4 from probably Venlo airfield.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: MH-S
Takeoff time: 17:56
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Frederick Howard Barrett RCAF R/107341 Killed
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Douglas Hardie RNZAF NZ/414564 PoW
Observer : Sergeant Charles Michael Page RAFVR 1318669 Killed
Navigator : Sergeant John Maxwell Iliff RAFVR 1576588 Killed
Navigator : Sergeant George Joseph Edwin Hextell RAF 1141319 PoW
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Henry Brooks RAF 657597 Killed
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Clifford Douglas Farmer RAF 130221 (NCO:1209355 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 October, 1942) PoW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2004&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
nachtjagd combat archive 1943 part one
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Jan-2018 09:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2018 09:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 19:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Jan-2024 07:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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