ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52052
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Date: | Saturday 3 April 1943 |
Time: | 23:50 |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | DT617 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1 km north of Olst, 20 km south of Zwolle, Overijssel -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed during a bombing mission on Essen, Germany. Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Herbert Lütje of the 8./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twenthe airfield.
Call Sign: VR-G
Takeoff time: 19:52
Crew:
Pilot F/O. P.D. Boyd 125482 RAF Duur 7
Flight engineer Sgt. S.N. Hall R/65638 RCAF Duur 6
Navigator F/O. G.W. Lawry J/12970 RCAF Duur 8
Bomb aimer Sgt. J.B. Langley 1511061 RAF Duur 9
Wo ag Sgt. L.H. Ransome 1079156 RAF Duur 10
Air gunner P/O. H.T. MacDonald 132735 RAF Duur 12
Air gunner F/Sgt. B.W. Agar R/105759 RCAF Duur 11
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2170&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/Halifax10140.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
04-Sep-2017 10:31 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
02-Apr-2018 15:31 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Oct-2018 15:34 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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