ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51578
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| Date: | Monday 26 July 1943 |
| Time: | 00:08 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR934 |
| MSN: | MH- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km west of Zandvoort, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Georg Kraft of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:26
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer John Stuart Cole RAFVR 116103 (NCO:657274 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 May, 1942) [Killed] Washed up Egmond aan Zee 9 Aug 43 Bergen NH 2 C 20
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Leslie Alfred Taylor RAF 617940 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer John Stanley Smyth RAFVR 139301 (NCO:1483477 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 April, 1943) [Killed] Castricum J 7
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Charles Edwin Parkin RAFVR J/137406 (NCO:1221087 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 April, 1943) [Killed] Castricum J 1
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Arthur James Edwards RAFVR 1321557 [Killed] 32 C 9 Washed up Callantsoog 13 Aug 43. Buried at Huisduinen Bergen op Zoom
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer John Sarginson RAFVR 142055 (NCO:1302524 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 May, 1943) [Killed] Vlieland Washed up near 'Dam 27' Vlieland 7 Aug 43
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Clark Thompson RAFVR 1800334 [Killed] Castricum J 6
The crew members are buried in different places in the Netherlands (one is buried in Vlieland, three in Castricum, two in Bergen and one in Bergen op Zoom).
R.I.P.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2702&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 July 1943 | HR940 | 51 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Kær Hestehave, municipality Sønderborg, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 3 August 1943 | HR859 | 51 Sqn RAF | 7 | probably Hatzte, Elsdorf, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Jul-2015 13:04 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2015 18:42 | Kraus | Updated [Operator] |
| 24-Jul-2018 08:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 18:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 10-Mar-2024 09:33 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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