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| Date: | Saturday 13 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:48 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 466 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | LV919 |
| MSN: | HD-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zondereigen, Baarle-Hertog, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 21:51 hrs for an operation against the railway yards at Hasselt.
The aircraft was intercepted by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Schnaufer, Feldwebel Rumpelhardt & Oberfeldwebel Gänzler of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had taken off from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield at 23:56 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+HF. This was their 64th Victory.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Leonard Victor Barnett RAAF Aus/418332 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alexander Mitchell Berry RAFVR 1861471 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Geoffrey Philip Pinn RAAF Aus/424212 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Harold John Smith RAAF Aus/410515 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant William Kevin Gertzel RAAF Aus/427460 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant William Andrew Gillard RAAF Aus/429849 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Lavington Edmund John F. Chinnery RAAF Aus/429924 [Killed]
All seven rest in the Antwerpen-Schoonselhof cemetery.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LV919
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 006.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2020 14:30 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 07-May-2023 07:23 | Anon. | Updated |
| 11-May-2024 14:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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