ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52598
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| Date: | Thursday 27 August 1942 |
| Time: | 23:54 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1270 |
| MSN: | PM- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Buurserveen, Haaksbergen, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Took off from RAF Elsham Wolds at 20:54 hrs local time for an operation to Kassel in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Wolfgang Thimmig & Oberfeldwebel Hans Steckemetz of the Stab III./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield - (claim) 4 km south of Haaksbergen (4B): 3,500m at 23:54.
All seven rest in the Haaksbergen General Cemetery:
Pilot: 63480 Flt Lt James Rothwell Frith - Haaksbergen General Cemetery Plot 4 Row 1 Grave 5. (NCO:997215 Commission Gazetted : Friday 02 May, 1941)
Flight Engineer: 1185949 Sgt Walter Duncombe - Haaksbergen General Cemetery Plot 4 Row 1 Grave 3
Observer: 78926 Plt Off Edward Arthur Rutherford Briant - Haaksbergen General Cemetery Plot 4 Row 1 Grave 4. (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 May, 1940)
Bomb Aimer: 1062775 Sgt George Hunter Wilson - Haaksbergen General Cemetery Plot 4 Row 1 Grave 1.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 111241 Plt Off Percival Gerald Hopkins Haaksbergen General Cemetery Plot 4 Row 1 Grave 6. (NCO:1262624 Commission Gazetted : Friday 19 December, 1941)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 751361 Sgt Barriemore Smallwood Blundall - Haaksbergen General
Cemetery Plot 4 Row 1 Grave 2.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1051927 Sgt John David Craig 1051927 RAF Haaksbergen General
Cemetery Plot 4 Row 1 Grave 7.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1784&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Jan-2009 12:24 | dekempe | Updated |
| 17-Jun-2009 09:14 | w.bleumink | Updated |
| 26-Aug-2017 22:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 18:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 13-Jul-2019 06:52 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 19-May-2020 13:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2023 06:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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