ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51734
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:22 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DK225 |
| MSN: | ZL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oostmijzerdijk, Schermerhorn, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Karl-Georg Pfeiffer of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen or Leeuwarden airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:22
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. K. Webster 110633 RAF Bergen NH 2 D 23
Flight engineer Sgt. C. Sampson 1459749 RAF Bergen NH 2 D 22
Navigator Sgt. T. Mitchell 1476382 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer Sgt. E.R. Strang 413718 RNzAF Bergen NH 2 D 24
Wo ag Sgt. A.E. Humphreys 147911 RAF Bergen NH 2 D 21
Air gunner Sgt. G.L. Tucker R/122089 RCAF Bergen NH 2 D 25
Air gunner Sgt. D.H. Northcoat 413773 RNzAF Bergen NH 2 D 26
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2551&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 June 1943 | DK180 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Rozenburg polder, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 26 June 1943 | DK190 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 7 | near 'Huize Amelte', Veldhofstraat 50, Gorssel, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 31 July 1943 | EB242 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Delhoven, Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 31 August 1943 | LK629 | 427 ('Lion') Sqn RCAF | 7 | probably Aartselaar, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Jun-2018 20:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2018 19:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jan-2019 12:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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