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| Date: | Friday 22 October 1943 |
| Time: | 20:05 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JN920 |
| MSN: | LK-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bosdellen, Retie, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith, Yorkshire |
Crashed on a bombing mission to Kassel (Germany). The aircraft was hit by the 2.-4./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 594. The crew of 7 perished in the crash.
Takeoff time: 17:55
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Clowes Edwin Hall RCAF R/73485 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Melville Sidney Williams RAFVR 1654794 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant George Herbert Bennett RAFVR 1474654 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Edward Parker RAFVR 1318622 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Stephen Sitch RAFVR 1444720 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Campbell Cowie RAF 1822254 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Vardare Lewis RAFVR 1337949 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JN920
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-te-retie
http://www.wingsmuseum.co.uk/halifax_jn920_memorial.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Oct-2013 17:16 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Nov-2013 10:49 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Oct-2018 15:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Nov-2018 19:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 26-Jun-2022 01:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 22-Sep-2024 10:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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