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| Date: | Monday 23 August 1943 |
| Time: | 23:29 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR936 |
| MSN: | MH-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along Westerhornerweg, Lutjegast, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Crashed due to structural damage ailerons, total failure of flying controls.
Takeoff time: 20:27
Crew:
Pilot P/O. R.J. Cribb 149347 RAF Survived POW
Flight engineer Sgt. D.J. White 1455881 RAF Survived POW
Navigator F/O. W.J.A. Nicholson 127315 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer Sgt. G.E. Lloyd 1387111 RAF Survived evader, POW (was arrested Dec 43)
Wo ag Sgt. D.O. Samuels 1383042 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. P.E.M. Gosling 1300797 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. J.L. Wright 1324528 RAF Survived POW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2840&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Aug-2018 14:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Aug-2018 19:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, ] |
| 06-Nov-2018 18:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 14-Jun-2022 10:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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