ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51897
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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:55 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB892 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sleenerzand (wooded area), Zweeloo, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington |
Shot down upon returning from a bombing mission to Bochum, Germany. The attacker was night fighter pilot Hauptmann Herbert Lütje of the 8./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.
Call Sign: KN-E
Takeoff time: 23:35
Crew:
Pilot F/O. D.P. Puddephatt 136541 RAF Sleen 12 289-293
Flight engineer Sgt. M.J.H. Brookes 574090 RAF Sleen 12 289-293
Navigator Sgt. J.I.P. Morgan 1338378 RAF Sleen 12 289-293
Nav ba Sgt. L.W. Bolton 1391746 RAF Sleen 12 289-293
Wo ag Sgt. G.S. Walton 1380500 RAF Sleen 12 288
Air gunner Sgt. R.A. Halestrap 1464887 RAF Sleen 12 294
Air gunner Sgt. A.W. McKillop 1007370 RAF Sleen 12 289-293
All are buried at the cemetery in Sleen, the Netherlands.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2307
www.nl.tracesofwar.com/artikel/4277/Monument-Halifax-JB892.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Nov-2014 19:25 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2015 13:39 | Jixn | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 12-May-2018 14:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 21:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-May-2023 08:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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