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| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB903 |
| MSN: | EY- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km SW of Harlingen or 20 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Shot down by a night fighter, there are two possibilities:
- shot down by Oberleutnant Lothar Linke of the 12./NJG 1 at 02:10, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield. Location: North Sea 20 km southwest of Harlingen.
- shot down by Leutnant Heinz Grimm of the Stab IV./NJG 1 at 02:47, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield. Location: North Sea 20 km northwest of Vlieland.
Target: Dortmund
Takeoff time: 22:38
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Alan Charles Leppard RAF 657098 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Denis Norman Brown RAFVR 1337080 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Victor Charles George Moody RAFVR 1321404 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Ronald Boydell RAFVR 989148 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Percy Edward Mellish RAFVR 1382734 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Frank Moore RAFVR 1510059 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Charles Lowis RAFVR 1485071 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB903
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-May-2018 09:09 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 05-May-2018 09:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2018 06:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Nov-2018 20:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 21:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 03-May-2024 07:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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