Halifax BB223 B.Mk.II - Bombing Berlin Germany - 1943-03-01 to 1943-03-01
Squadron: 51 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-03-01
Completion Date: 1943-03-01
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Berlin Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Snaith
Take Off Time: 18:30:00
Squadron Code: MH-C
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Netherlands
Crash Specifics: Klarenbeekseweg Voorst, Gelderland
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Leutnant August Geiger of 7/NJG1
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

51 Squadron RAF (Swift and Sure) RAF Snaith. Halifax B Mk II aircraft BB 223 MH-C was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant August Geiger of 7/NJG1 during an operation against targets in Berlin Germany. The Halifax crashed at Klarenbeekseweg Voorst, Gelderland, Netherlands, with the loss of the entire crew

Flight Sergeant William Colangelo (RCAF), Flight Sergeant John David William Stenhouse (RAF), Sergeant Cyril Avery (RAF), Sergeant Alfred Beauchamp (RAF), Pilot Officer Ronald Arthur Bertram Willmott (RAF), Sergeant Amos Howe (RAF) and Flying Officer John Bryce Duncan (RAF) were all killed in action

Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1943 Part 1, 1 January - 22 June by Theo Boiten, page 34

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