ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52387
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| Date: | Saturday 9 January 1943 |
| Time: | 22:15 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | W7857 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km west of Vlieland island -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oblt Hans-Joachim Jabs of the 11./NJG 1 from a height of 2400 meters. He was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations
Target: Nectarines (code name)
Call Sign: VR-O
Takeoff time: 16:32
Crew:
Pilot W/O. II F.H. Barker 22 R/103678 RCAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 179
Flight Engineer Sgt. R.E. Sackville-Golden 26 967831 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 163
Navigator F/Sgt. H.A. Dunn R/99798 RCAF KIA Sage War Cem 7 E 6
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. V.A. Hugli 26 R/90778 RCAF KIA Sage War Cem 7 D 12
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner W/O. II D.A. Watson R/74057 RCAF KIA Kviberg Cem 3 A 6 Washed up near Kalvo Sweden 13 Feb 43
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. W.D. Cameron R/140390 RCAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 186
Rear Gunner F/Sgt. W.G. Murphy R/92790 RCAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 185
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1976
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/barker-frank-harvey.html
Images:
Own research - supplied with Aircrew Remembered full permission.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Jan-2016 18:58 | pietrzak | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 08-Jan-2018 15:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 15-Mar-2018 09:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 15:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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