Handley Page Halifax V DG252 NF-B ✬ ✝ - Four-engined heavy bomber - NF-B / DG252
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Type: Handley Page Halifax Mk V
Owner/operator: 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF
Registration: DG252
MSN: NF-B
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location: Waddenzee near Harlingen Harbour, Friesland - Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire
Narrative:
Coned by a searchlight, hit by light Flak of the 1./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 Stabsbatterie Harlingen. The aircraft was on an SOE operation with the target being Catanh 11 / Leek 9.
Crew:-
Pilot : SL Richard Pennington Wilkin DFC MiD MC (Czech) RCAF J/6026 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer George Alfred Berwick DFM RAF 51682 [Killed]
Navigator : F/O James Wilfred Henry Brown DFM RAFVR 136035 [Killed]
Wop/ Air Gunner : Flying Officer Hugh Burke DFM RAFVR 129140 [Killed]
Crew : Flight Sergeant Albert Hughes MC (Czech) RAFVR 970899 [Killed]
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| Tittel | Dato | Lenke |
|---|---|---|
| AM 050 SOE Operation CARHAMPTON 1 | 1943-01-28 | Se mer |
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