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| Date: | Sunday 13 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:06 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DT616 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Teglingen, Meppen, Ems, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Rapp of the 7./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+AR from Twente airfield, the Netherlands. Also claimed by heavy Flak units.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: VR-K
Takeoff time: 23:00
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Bertram Denis Kirkham RCAF R/114702 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Robert James Hamilton RCAF R/71213 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Harold Arthur Taylor RCAF R/127922 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Denys Beatty Whittaker RAF 1488629 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Francis James Callaghan RAF 1080364 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant James Albert Mills RCAF R/88505 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant David Lawson Gray RCAF R/110555 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DT616
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2018 20:29 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-Jun-2018 20:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2018 12:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Jun-2022 08:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 26-May-2024 14:15 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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