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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:15 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR874 |
| MSN: | EY-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Germersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton |
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Baake of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 19:41
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Frederick John Edser RAFVR 1335488 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Peter Hinson RAFVR 1249131 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Dennis Thomas Frank Doyle RAFVR 987167 [Killed]
Sergeant Grenville Jones RAF 1430583 [PoW]
Flight Sergeant Arthur Nelson Moore RAAF Aus/421995 [Killed]
Sergeant Harry Mott RAF 953178 [PoW]
Sergeant Samuel John Muldoon RAF 1511629 [PoW]
The casualties lie at the Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany (47.778371 / 11.733537)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR874
'The He 219' by R. Francis Ferguson
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2018 13:04 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Sep-2018 13:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 07-Aug-2020 18:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jan-2025 07:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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