ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51761
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| Date: | Sunday 13 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:03 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT568 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Loosteresweg, Roelinksveld, near Volthe, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Show down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.
Five of the crew are buried in Weerselo (Rossum) Roman Catholic Cemetery. F/O A Trott is buried at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery suggesting that he was either killed whilst attemping to bail out of the damaged aircraft or survived only to die later in a German hospital. Sgt C A Chambers, RNZAF, was the only survivor and became a PoW.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: MH-F
Takeoff time: 23:34
Crew:-Pilot : Sergeant Charles Arthur Chambers RNZAF NZ/416213 [PoW]
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer Ellis Ronald Midgley RAFVR 127005 [Killed] (NCO:1050792 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 15 September, 1942)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Samuel Wood RAF 578238 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Arthur Trott RAFVR 129360 [Killed] (NCO:1315877 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 October, 1942)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Arthur William Stevens RAFVR 1294635 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Melvin Lawrence Hutchins RCAF R/144839 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Arnold Roberts RAFVR 2213691 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2443&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://shirehamptonbookofremembrance.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=137944756
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Oct-2014 12:47 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2018 19:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 18:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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