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| Date: | Wednesday 17 June 1942 |
| Time: | 03:09 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9530 |
| MSN: | DY-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km NW of Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe |
Takeoff at 23:02 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the Ergänzungsstaffel/NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Four of the crew are still missing in action:
Pilot:J/15520 Plt Off Charles Rae Barr RCAF - Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery 6 H 6 (Washed up Katwijk aan Zee 12 July 42)
Flight Engineer:531369 Sgt James William Brown - Bergen op Zoom 29 B 10 (Washed up N of Callantsoog 10 July 42)
Observer:R/76122 Flt Sgt David Conter RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 102
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner:1155037 Sgt Ronald Charles Perriam - Runnymede Memorial Panel 91
Air Gunner:1160674 Sgt John George Smith Rocks- Runnymede Memorial Panel 92
Air Gunner:R/76192 Sgt David MacNeil Smith RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 107
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1603
CWGC
Bomber Command Loss 1942
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Jun-2017 07:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2018 17:39 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 17:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2020 18:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2022 03:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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