ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52221
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| Date: | Thursday 21 January 1943 |
| Time: | 19:52 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT583 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 30 km W of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Rufforth |
Crashed under unknown circumstances.
Possibly hit by light Flak and by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the Stab I./NJG 3 (who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Vechta airfield).
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations
Target: Nectarine I (code name)
Call Sign: NP-O
Takeoff time: 17:17
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. R.M. Scratchley 1331581 RAF Runnymede Memorial 139
Flight engineer Sgt. N.R. Bennet 1254325 RAF Runnymede Memorial 142
Navigator F/O. I.R. Willis 80259 RAF Runnymede Memorial 130
Bomb aimer Sgt. R. McNeil 1038439 RAF Runnymede Memorial 158
Wo ag Sgt. J.R.J. Kau 1376851 RAF Runnymede Memorial 155
Air gunner Sgt. W.H. Bower 1551769 RAF Runnymede Memorial 143
Air gunner Sgt. N. Ridley 1018378 RAF Runnymede Memorial 163
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1994&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 |
| 20-Jan-2018 09:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 19:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2019 16:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 11:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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