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| Date: | Saturday 28 August 1943 |
| Time: | 01:04 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD298 |
| MSN: | NP-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Marscherwald, Consdorf, Echternach canton -
 Luxembourg
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lissett, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 21:00 hrs (local time) for an operation against Nürnberg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the crew of Oberleutnant Bergmann & Feldwebel Schopp of the 8./NJG 4, who were flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Juvincourt airfield in France.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Yorke Clarke RAAF Aus/415119 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Rippingale RAFVR 1379717 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Harold Middleton Robinson RAF 157324 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant J H J Dix RAF 1320215 [Evaded]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant E W Brearley RAF 1035032 [Evaded]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant G H Hirst RAF 1493738 [Evaded]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Thomas RAFVR 1313122 [Killed]
The casualties lie at the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161)
The aircraft was named "JAFBO" or "Just About Feeling Browned Off" was paid for by the people of Redcar, who raised £210,000 in their Wings For Victory appeal.
Sources:
https://www.mywort.lu/bech/31032915.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD298&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2014 14:55 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-May-2014 14:56 | harro | Updated [Source, ] |
| 28-May-2014 17:19 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Oct-2014 07:31 | HH99 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 22-Jun-2021 18:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Jan-2025 08:12 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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