ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52573
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| Date: | Saturday 5 September 1942 |
| Time: | 03:39 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1220 |
| MSN: | PM-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Jelsum, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, UK |
Takeoff at 00:01 hrs local time for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the 5./NJG 2, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
All seven rest in the Jelsum cemetery:
Pilot / F/Sgt. E.L. Davies 404934 RAAF / grave K 5
Flight Engineer / Sgt. J.J. Parish 622589 RAF / grave K 1
Navigator / F/O. S.F. Belbin 408140 RAAF / grave K 4
Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. A.H. Beesley 404631 RAAF / grave K 2
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / Sgt. J.D. Whitehead 1057167 RAF / grave K 7
Air Gunner / F/Sgt. S.M. Selway 1376161 RAF / grave K 3
Air Gunner / Sgt. J.G. Crockett 403393 RAAF / grave K 6
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1804&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
http://nl.tracesofwar.com/artikel/20934/Oorlogsgraven-van-het-Gemenebest-Jelsum.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 August 1942 | BB204 | 103 Sqn RAF | 4 | Hastière, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 29 August 1942 | BB214 | 103 Sqn RAF | 4 | near the Benediktinerabtei Maria Laach at Glees, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 15 October 1942 | W1213 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Disternich / Erp | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Sep-2014 17:42 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2016 12:10 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 04-Sep-2017 14:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 18:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-May-2020 08:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2020 08:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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