ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52046
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| Date: | Saturday 3 April 1943 |
| Time: | 22:45 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JB866 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Opheusden and Kesteren, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: EQ-T
Takeoff time: 19:52
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Ebenezer Alfred Sirett RCAF J/16946 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Kenneth Oliver Brice RAFVR 922835 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II Maurice Gordon Church RCAF R/114615 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Grant Alexander Fletcher RCAF J/17222 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Gilbert Davies Boyer RCAF R/90535 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer John Dugald McBride RCAF J/9850 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Franklyn Roy Burke RCAF R/104185 [Killed]
All lie at the Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands (GPS 51.663822 / 5.612422)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2169&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Apr-2018 13:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2018 13:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 06-Oct-2018 17:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Apr-2024 06:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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