ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52043
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| Date: | Saturday 3 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:25 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7937 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 3 km SW of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
The target of the flight was Essen and was successfully bombed and it was on the way back that the W7937 was shot down.
Call Sign: EY-
Takeoff time: 19:45
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Thomas Noble Forster RAFVR 125685 (NCO:1033052 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 August, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Walter Frederic Hodgson RAF 612461 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant George Edward Sendall RCAF R/128564 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer James Hilton Jamieson RCAF J/22559 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Eric Afred Drury RAF 1292222 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Norman Vivian Thornton RAF 1545156 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Clarence Wayte RAF 1213920 [PoW]
All are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=W7937&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Sep-2010 14:42 | Putskigh | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2018 14:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 21:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2022 01:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 03-Apr-2024 06:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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