ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51755
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| Date: | Sunday 13 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:04 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk IIa |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR740 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bekspringweg, Oldenzaal, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lissett |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Rolf Bokemeyer of the II./NJG 5 (detached to 8./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield. The Halifax exploded over the Bekspringweg road.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: NP-K
Takeoff time: 23:12
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Stanley Charles Brown RNZAF NZ/414583 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Verdun Leslie Martin RAF 985355 [PoW]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Roy Barnard RAF 1375489 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Jim Graham Fyfe RAF 49577 [PoW] (NCO:570195 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 November, 1942)
Wireless Operator : Sergeant S G Holroyd RAF 1194036 [Evaded]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Horace Leary RAF 1816714 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Robert William Robinson RAF 710107 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2446&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Jun-2018 20:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 17:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2023 07:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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