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Date: | Saturday 28 August 1943 |
Time: | 03:36 claim |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JD368 |
MSN: | ZA-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Haulchin, Hainaut -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 20:49 hrs (local time) for an operation against Nürnberg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by Hauptmann Fritz Söthe of the 3./NJG 4, who had taken off from Florennes airfield.
Seven crew members safely bailed out, F/Sgt. George R.M. Warren died in the crash.
He is buried at Gosselies Communal Cemetery, Belgium.
Sources:
http://rememberjd371.be/jd368warren.htm http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD368&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact Google Maps
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Nov-2016 12:05 |
gerard57 |
Added |
23-Apr-2018 20:02 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
12-Nov-2018 09:35 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
22-Jun-2021 18:23 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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