ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52386
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| Date: | Saturday 9 January 1943 |
| Time: | 18:22 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BB252 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near pole 15 at Het Balg at Schiermonnikoog island, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Lt. Lothar Linke of the Stab IV/NJG 1 at a height of 1100 meters, flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations.
Target: Nectarines (code name)
Call Sign: ZA-X
Takeoff time: 16:17
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. E. Fish 32 1383746 RAF KIA Schiermonnikoog 94
Flight Engineer Sgt. A. Smith 23 979749 RAF KIA Schiermonnikoog 92
Navigator Sgt. C.B. Fetherstonhaugh 20 R/106063 RCAF KIA Schiermonnikoog 91
Bomb Aimer Sgt. J.W. Smith 23 R/69401 RCAF KIA Schiermonnikoog 93
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. A.W. Wilson 23 R/117584 RCAF KIA Schiermonnikoog 90
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. M.J. Boyle 20 1482429 RAF DOW Leeuwarden Northern General Cem 2 3 Flown to Leeuwarden were he died on 15-1-43
Rear Gunner Sgt. L.C. King 21 R/126316 RCAF DOW Schiermonnikoog 89 Died 9 Jan 43 at 22.05 hrs
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1980
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
http://www.waddenindeoorlog.nl/no_cache/schiermonnikoog/bestanden/bestand/?tx_p3wido_pi1%5Bsingle%5D=533&tx_p3wido_pi1%5Bkeyword%5D=Halifax&tx_p3wido_pi1%5Bstart%5D=0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Oct-2014 11:23 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2015 13:55 | Anthony G. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 04-Jan-2018 14:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2018 19:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 15-Mar-2018 09:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2018 19:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 00:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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