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Date: | Monday 5 October 1942 |
Time: | 23:10 LT |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | DT496 |
MSN: | MP-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Heusy, Verviers, Liège -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 18:38 hrs local time for an operation to Aachen in Germany.
The aircraft was hit by the 1./schwere Flak-Abteilung 514 and crashed near the model farm of Jonckeu.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Keith Arthur Peters RCAF R/107123 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Francis Killilea RAFVR 967263 [Killed]
Observer : Flying Officer Bryan Glendenen Robinson RAFVR 116211 (NCO:1017916 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 June, 1942) [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Alan Waring RAFVR 1436077 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Thomas Idris Raglan Owen RAF 528629 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Victor Joseph Coombs RAFVR 1334336 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Albert Edward Holding RAFVR 1105003 [Killed]
They found their final resting place at the Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium (50.848680 / 4.706292).
Sources:
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-bij-heusy Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DT496 Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Aug-2020 18:41 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
26-Jun-2022 03:15 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
05-Oct-2022 07:04 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
09-Jul-2024 06:37 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Narrative] |