ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51927
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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:20 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT801 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Buurse, behind house F16, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: TL-A
Takeoff time: 00:23
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. J. Sale DSO DFC J/9929 RCAF Survived evader, returned
Flight engineer Sgt. C.W. Rowley 1160639 RAF Survived POW
Navigator F/O. G.E Heard 126034 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer F/Lt. R.C. Sawyer 125574 RAF Haaksbergen 4 2 8
Wireless op Sgt. S.A. Moores 798716 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. D.J. Richards 1418379 RAF Haaksbergen 4 2 9
Air gunner Sgt. R.O. Elford R/103805 RCAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2280&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Feb-2009 11:18 | dekempe | Updated |
| 06-Feb-2009 11:19 | harro | Updated |
| 10-May-2018 10:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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