ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52434
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| Date: | Sunday 6 December 1942 |
| Time: | 12:59 |
| Type: |  Douglas DB-7B Boston Mk IIIA |
| Owner/operator: | 107 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AH740 |
| MSN: | OM-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off the coast 6 km west of Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Great Massingham, Norfolk |
Boston AH740/A: Took off at 11:22hrs for a Operation Oyster’ /daylight raid on the Philips electrical works at Eindhoven (NL). 06/12/1942
Shot down by Fw 190 A-4s of the 5./JG 1 from Schiphol airfield. Crashed into North Sea at 12:59 hrs.
Crew:
W/Cdr.(34040) Peter Hiley DUTTON (C/O 107 Sqn /pilot) RAF : killed
F/Lt.(48980) Norman Henry SHEPHERD DFM (Obs.) RAF : killed
F/Lt. (49251) Robert William McCARTHY DFM (WOp/AG) RAF : killed
P/O.(30812) M. Louis DELANCHY (AG) FFAF : killed
Sources:
1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
2.ORB 107 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 October 1943 | BZ230 | 107 Sqn RAF | 3 | Arnemuiden, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Dec-2017 21:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2018 17:37 | XindelX | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 19:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2020 20:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 18-Jun-2022 04:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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