ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52160
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| Date: | 14-FEB-1943 |
| Time: | 20:45 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Squadron Royal Air Force (158 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | DT694 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Schweibergerbos near Mechelen, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Rufforth, Yorkshire, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Johannes Hager of the 6./NJG 1 (flying Bf 110 F-4 'G9+GP' from St Trond airfield in Belgium) as well as the schwere Flak-Abteilung 514 (o) (the Flak guns were located at the Vennbahn in Aachen), upon returning from a bombing mission to Cologne, Germany.
Five crew members died. They are buried at Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Call Sign: NP-N
Takeoff time: 18:18
Crew:
Pilot S/L. W. Fletcher DFC DFM 44063 RAF Jonkerbos 12 E 2-5 Initially buried Venlo
Flight engineer Sgt. E. Jackson 946859 RAF Survived pow
Nav ba Sgt. H. Kay DFM 1375551 RAF Jonkerbos 12 E 2-5 Initially buried Venlo. 1st name Harry
Bomb aimer F/Lt. M.A.J. Pierre RAF Survived evader, returned
Wo ag P/O. G.H. Miller DFM 50188 RAF Jonkerbos 12 E 2-5 Initially buried Venlo
Air gunner Sgt. J.H. Bousfield 1339908 RAF Jonkerbos 12 E 2-5 Initially buried Venlo
Air gunner Sgt. F.C. Howe 1416423 RAF Jonkerbos 12 E 1 Initially buried Venlo
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2055&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.sites.google.com/site/oorloginlimburg/home/luchtoorlog/vmechelen
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Nov-2014 09:18 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 16:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 29-Aug-2018 09:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 12:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 08-Apr-2020 18:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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