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| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1943 |
| Time: | 01:35 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD248 |
| MSN: | EY-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | north-northeast of Havelberg, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Josef Brunner of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 20:24
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer James Harold Lowery RAFVR 155010 (NCO:1089353 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 September, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Charles William Moore RAFVR 937174 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Roy Frederick Avis RAFVR 1323894 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Francis Egan RAFVR 658234 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Denys Philip Martin RAFVR 1382408 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant David Lamb RAF 1559373 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Tracy Arthur Thomas Williams RCAF J/18908 [Killed]
All lie at the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany (52.507028 / 13.222336)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD248
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2018 13:55 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 04-Oct-2024 06:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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