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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
| Time: | 00:59 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB960 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Averesch, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Emil Heinzelmann of the 8./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+KS from Twente airfield, the Netherlands. Location is 4 km north west of Ahaus, south east of Alstatte.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: ZA-N
Takeoff time: 22:49
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Howell Ward Price RAF 520838 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant W E Waggett RAFVR 1581818 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Frederick George Williams RAF 613496 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Ronald Leyland RAFVR 1435154 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Edward Robert Curtis RAFVR 128012 (NCO:1333032 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 06 October, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer Emlyn Parry RAFVR 137569 (NCO:937994 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 09 February, 1943) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Edward George Halston RAFVR 1392507 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB960
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2018 19:41 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 23:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2024 06:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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