ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52313
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:24 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DT772 |
| MSN: | EQ-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Koelaan / Kouwenhovenselaan, Zeist, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Claimed shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield. Also claimed by Flak of the 1./schwere Flak-Abteilung 155. Victory Hptm. Frank later confirmed by the Luftwaffe. The entire crew of seven occupants died in the crash.
Takeoff time: 23:40
Crew:
Pilot P/O. D. Blum 148798 RAF Amersfoort 13 7 145 served as D. Brooke
Flight engineer F/Sgt. C.L. Sebelius R/94570 RCAF Amersfoort 13 7 146
Navigator P/O. G.E. Bisheff J/18162 RCAF Amersfoort 13 7 141
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. J.C. MacDonald R/138932 RCAF Amersfoort 13 7 142
Wo ag Sgt. M.D. Shakespeare 1386247 RAF Amersfoort 13 7 144
Air gunner F/Sgt. J.R. Archambault R/108014 RCAF Amersfoort 13 7 143
Air gunner F/Sgt. W.D. Walsh R/76467 RCAF Amersfoort 13 7 145
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2500&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://home.kpn.nl/olgaenron/408%20squadron.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Nov-2014 12:53 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2018 17:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 17:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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