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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:55 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JB931 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hoofdplaat, 5 km east of Breskens, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Strüning of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: EQ-O
Takeoff time: 23:47
Crew:
Pilot : Squadron Leader Halan Donald Richard Leroy Campbell DFC RAFVR 87059 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 November, 1940) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John McLaren Harrison RCAF R/70275 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Archibald Warren Thompson RCAF J/12987 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Maurice Henry Joseph Hammill RAF 130409 (NCO:1543071 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 December, 1942) [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Arthur Costan Ross RAF 938849 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Albert Elliott Horne DFM RAAF Aus/402461 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Lloyd Albert Stinson RCAF J/17695 [Killed]
The casualties are buried in the Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery, Netherlands (51.453933 / 3.581271)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2310&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-May-2018 10:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 17:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-May-2024 07:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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