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| Date: | Tuesday 7 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:37 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EB250 |
| MSN: | MP-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oberhaching, Bayern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:19 hrs local time for an operation against München.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Schultze of the 5./NJG 101, who had taken off from Lechfeld airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Eoin Graham Little RNZAF NZ/417071 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant Lumley Hugh Ellis Gittins RAFVR 1337875 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Peter Arnold RAFVR 909128 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Edward Maurice Farrington RAF 139299 (NCO:753590 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 April, 1943) [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Bruce Arthur Phillis RAF 658017 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Jack Hempshall Naylor RAFVR 1074000 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Ernest Lewis RAFVR 1333112 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George William Broadbent RAF 2206574 [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/little-eoin.html
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Aug-2020 19:09 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Nov-2024 07:23 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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