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| Date: | Friday 12 November 1943 |
| Time: | 01:25 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR791 |
| MSN: | NP-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Surville, Calvados, Normandie -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lissett |
Shot down by Unteroffizier Werner Edelmann of the 2./JG 2, flying an Fw 190 A-6 from Saint-André-de-l’Eure airfield.
The aircraft was on an operation to Cannes, France.
Takeoff time: 17:49
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Arthur Frederick Evans RAFVR 160674 (NCO:961416 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 December, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant K Skidmore RAF 1046337 [Evaded]
Navigator : Sergeant H W Payne RAF 1317973 [Evaded]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant E G Chard RCAF 126321 [Evaded]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Douglas Alfred Cannell RAF 1294525 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Joseph Charles Frederick Fleming RAFVR 1891783 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John James Thompson RAF 636616 [PoW]
Both casualties lie at the Pont-Audemer Communal Cemetery, France (49.346943 / 0.507105)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR791
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Nov-2018 18:27 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-Nov-2018 18:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 09-Nov-2018 08:55 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, ] |
| 09-Nov-2018 12:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 09-Mar-2025 07:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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