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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 04:08 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DT752 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | in a pine forest along the N889, Nassogne, Luxembourg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Meister of the Stab I./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Florennes airfield.
Target: Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic
Call Sign: EQ-W
Takeoff time: 21:00
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Joseph Raymond Louis Sergent RCAF J/20028 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Harry George Machell RCAF R/81119 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Frank Robert Cocks RAFVR 1216483 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Geoffrey Maxted Hill RAFVR 1435573 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Donald Frederick Gargrave RAFVR 1272498 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant William Kwasney RCAF R/134910 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Cecil Davis Heming RCAF R/70986 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-te-nassogne
http://6bombergroup.ca/April43/April16~1743.html
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/19509-DT7521943-04-17.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2018 09:04 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Oct-2018 17:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-May-2024 07:09 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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