ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51775
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| Date: | Saturday 12 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:43 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB785 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km NE of Giessenburg, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley, Cambridgeshire, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Werner Baake of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Five crew members die in the crash, two survived.
Target: Münster
Call Sign: TL-Q
Takeoff time: 23:29
Crew:
Pilot P/O. G.R. Herbert DFM 142149 RAF Rotterdam LL 2 44
Flight engineer F/Sgt. F. Stewart Mid 566943 RAF Rotterdam LL 2 43
Navigator F/Sgt. E. Cassingham 1335447 RAF Rotterdam LL 1 43
Bomb aimer Sgt. R.H. Makin 1453320 RAF Survived
Wo ag F/Sgt. F.J. Greenwood 1059993 RAF Rotterdam LL 1 41-42
Air gunner Sgt. R.H. Boone 1331310 RAF Rotterdam LL 1 41-42
Air gunner P/O. A.V. Wallace 49831 RAF Survived
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2416
http://stichting-vliegeniersmonument-giessenlanden-wo2.nl/English/12-6-1943%20Halifax%20II%20JB785%20crashed%20near%20Giessenburg.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Nov-2015 10:16 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jan-2016 20:56 | AlLah | Updated [Operator] |
| 11-Jun-2018 17:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2022 03:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Jun-2023 08:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [[Location]] |
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