ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52133
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 March 1943 |
| Time: | 00:10 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DT797 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zuidloo 3 km se of Bathmen, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hptm. Herbert Lütje of the 8./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield.
Operation: a bombing raid on Berlin, Germany
Call Sign: EQ-H
Takeoff time: 18:44
Crew:
Pilot W/O II A.W. Cochrane R/102186 RCAF Bathmen 149
Flight engineer Sgt. F. MacDonald 610265 RAF Bathmen 147
Observer W/O II J.H. Higgins R/89625 RCAF Bathmen 145
Observer W/O II H.K. McCreery R/100701 RCAF Bathmen 144
Wo ag F/Sgt. R. Weiss R/102418 RCAF Bathmen 148
Air gunner Sgt. J.Q. Ashmore R/104752 RCAF Survived pow
Air gunner W/O II I.C. Grice R/98989 RCAF Bathmen 146
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2078&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://books.google.nl/books?id=C9GkAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA163&lpg=PA163&dq=halifax+crash+DT797&source=bl&ots=JqxB8XgoAG&sig=7ZhnSuyP3L9OJXq5REgjGzA9IJI&hl=nl&sa=X&ei=sTpGVIfiMcToaO6RgJAO&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=halifax%20crash%20DT797&f=false
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Oct-2014 10:56 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2018 15:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 17:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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