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Date: | Saturday 12 June 1943 |
Time: | 01:24 |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | HR788 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Oosterschelde, SW of Scherpenisse, Zeeland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Reinhard Kollak of the 7./NJG 4 (detached to 1./NJG 1), flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+EH from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: MH-
Takeoff time: 23:51
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant James John Anderson RAF 656484 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Luff RAF 632404 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Anthony Ribour Helliwell RAFVR 1098278 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Albert Edwin Brodie RAF 658031 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant David Glassman RAFVR 1382321 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Frederick John Biddle RAFVR 1266090 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Edward Evans RAFVR 1473151 [Killed]
UK National Archives holds a set of two PoW cards for Flight Sergeant James John Anderson. Given the fact that they give little beyond a service number, a date of death (12 June 1943) these almost certainly relate to the recovery of Flight Sergeant Anderson’s body. Please see source below.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2417&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= WO 416/7/167 - Prisoner of War cards for Flight Sergeant Anderson - UK National Archives, Kew, England.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
11-Jun-2018 09:20 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Nov-2018 18:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
17-Jun-2022 10:46 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
26-May-2024 06:50 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |