ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52389
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| Date: | Saturday 9 January 1943 |
| Time: | 20:24 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT483 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km W of Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Shot down by Major Lent & Feldwebel Kubisch of the Stab IV./NJG 1 from a height of 4000 meters. The crew had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield at 19:52 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+AF.
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations
Target: Nectarines (code name)
Call Sign: MH-F
Takeoff time: 16:34
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. R.A. Banks-Martin 26 NZ414226 RNZAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 199
Flight Engineer Sgt. J.E.L. Griffiths 21 572592 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 151
Navigator F/Sgt. P.A.J. Rudkin 21 926842 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 139
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. E.W.D. Roberts R/102988 RCAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 185
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner F/Sgt. R.J.A. Cowan 20 R/95345 RCAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 181
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. C.J. Osborne 1295241 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 160
Rear Gunner Sgt. H.A. Smith 21 1466653 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 165
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1975
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/18194.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Oct-2014 17:54 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2018 15:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 15-Mar-2018 09:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 13:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 06:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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