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| Date: | Monday 24 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:35 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR842 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Dingden, south of Bocholt, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Dormann of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: MH-
Takeoff time: 23:01
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant James William George Parker RAFVR 1386266 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Oliver Arnold Kirk RAF 1554113 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Michael John Joseph Maher RAF 1434090 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant William John Osborn RAF 1248848 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Leslie Horace Burnett RAF 918809 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Simpson RAF 1300790 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Laurence Willoughby RAF 1231000 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR842
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2018 09:29 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 18:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-May-2024 06:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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