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| Date: | Saturday 12 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:12 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK200 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Scherlebeck, Herten, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Coned by searchlights, hit by heavy Flak units.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: MP-L
Takeoff time: 22:54
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Dennis Stuart Phillips RAFVR 1313912 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Geoffrey Cyril Bird RAF 946155 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant John Hills RAF 1337214 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant George Allen Burdett RAF 1511062 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Norman William Stanley Clack RAFVR 1293199 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Edgar Cadmore RAFVR 1331075 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Edward Walter Alfred Brice RAF 1335545 [PoW]
The casualties lie at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (51.740880 / 6.082017)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DK200
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2018 16:59 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-May-2024 06:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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