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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:06 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT632 |
| MSN: | KN-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Gaxel, near Vreden, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.
Target: Duisburg
Takeoff time: 23:53
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Class II Thomas Matheson Moran RCAF R/105579 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Desmond Mahony RAF 577547 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Leonard Allen Stimpson RAFVR 1312924 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Frederick Allan Clark RAFVR 128520 (NCO:1320422 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 November, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ronald George Miles RAFVR 1377449 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Anthony Pasqual RAFVR 1547158 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Thomson Murray RAFVR 1467008 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DT632
https://books.google.nl/books?id=LUYRBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT285&lpg=PT285&dq=halifax+DT632&source=bl&ots=cUcFPoeEnw&sig=9kwzhSWBhtmGx5uFNFE0k5h4ftU&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZkO2T6_raAhXPJFAKHVFLCroQ6AEIQDAD#v=onepage&q=halifax%20DT632&f=false
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2018 09:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 21:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Jan-2019 12:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2024 06:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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