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Date: | Saturday 1 May 1943 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | HR733 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Huden, Haselünne, Ems, Niedersachsen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hit by Flak based in the VI. Luftgau (greater Münster area).
Target: Essen
Call Sign: MH-
Takeoff time: 00:08
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Dennis Raymond Wilson RAFVR 1316141 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Joseph William Peacock RAF 1216634 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Leonard Allen RAF 1338893 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Horace Alfred Briggs RAFVR 1577617 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Charles Henry Longley RAFVR 1283056 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Hugh Phair Spencer RCAF R/100196 : Commission Gazetted Friday 25 July, 1941) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II William Robert Hewitt RCAF R/78896 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://books.google.nl/books?id=LUYRBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT271&lpg=PT271&dq=halifax+HR733&source=bl&ots=cUcFGsdGow&sig=dnlp9sANwtG7Fwymv8d1ZA2BNH0&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWqpu75OHaAhXHblAKHZQlCIUQ6AEIRDAE#v=onepage&q&f=false Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Apr-2018 10:36 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
06-Nov-2018 19:28 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
23-Jun-2022 09:02 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
30-Apr-2024 07:10 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |