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Date: | Sunday 11 April 1943 |
Time: | 01:40 |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | DT806 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Fleigneux, 5 km N of Sedan, Ardennes 08 -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Graveley |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Helmut Bergmann of the Stab III/NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Juvincourt airfield.
Target: Frankfurt
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer George Frank Lambert RAF 63419 (NCO:591227 : Commission Gazetted Friday 02 May, 1941) [Evaded]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Anthony Claude (Tony) Beddoe RAFVR 904734 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Vernon Reginald Matthews RAFVR 122220 (NCO:1167958 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 09 June, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Richard Jones RAF 1334366 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Ronald Albert Kempsell RAF 1377258 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Reginald Albert Nason RAFVR 1397903 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Samuel James Knight RAFVR 1311941 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york41/z6931.html https://35squadron.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/halifax-dt806-10041943/ Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Apr-2018 07:36 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
10-Apr-2018 07:37 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
10-Apr-2018 07:38 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Departure airport] |
30-Jun-2022 05:00 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
30-Jun-2022 05:13 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
10-Apr-2024 06:59 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |