ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51813
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| Date: | Sunday 30 May 1943 |
| Time: | 00:27 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR793 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Trichterweg, Limbricht, near Sittard, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wilhelm Beier of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Target: Barmen-Wuppertal
Call Sign: TL-J
Takeoff time: 22:31
Crew:
Pilot S/L. P. Johnston DFC 68139 RAF Runnymede Memorial 118
Co-Pilot W/O E.A. Roede 1375983 RAF Survived POW
Flight engineer Sgt. F.J. Jarvis 567590 RAF Runnymede Memorial 154
Navigator F/Lt. R.G. Houston 121556 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer F/Lt. R. Wood J/22541 RCAF Survived POW
Wireless op F/Sgt. B.T. Royall 403819 RAAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. M.T. Byrne 1394079 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner W/O A.W. Gowan R/115366 RCAF Survived POW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2397&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.ww2crashsiteresearch.com/pagina46.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Oct-2014 20:15 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2014 07:26 | Dandy | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 29-May-2018 19:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2018 19:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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