ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52138
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| Date: | Monday 1 March 1943 |
| Time: | 21:39 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DT641 |
| MSN: | VR-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 8 km N of Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Helmut Lent of the Stab IV/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Berlin
Call Sign: VR-R
Takeoff time: 18:50
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Arthur James Herriott DFM RAFVR 130130 (NCO:742876) [Killed] Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom Panel 125
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Arthur David Cherkinsky RCAF R/67557 [Killed] Schiermonnikoog (Vredenhof) Cemetery, Netherlands Grave 95
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Wilfred George Francis RCAF R/112757 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom Panel 181
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Albert Leroy Bateman RCAF R/114520 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom Panel 181
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant James Nicol Gray RAFVR 1270428 [Killed] Kiel War Cemetery, Germany 3 G 14
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Kowalski RCAF R/76759 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom Panel 186
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Alexander Trevor Woodhouse RCAF R/115213 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom Panel 186
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2075&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 July 1943 | BB323 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 1 | near Venlo, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 28 April 1944 | JN954 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | near Heer, Maastricht, Limburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Feb-2018 09:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2018 19:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2018 20:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 15:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 06-May-2020 16:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 20-Jan-2024 15:14 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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