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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:45 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAFrr |
| Registration: | LW720 |
| MSN: | NP-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 30 km N of Aachen, -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lissett, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:00 hrs for an operation against Aachen.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Major Hans Karlewski of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Heinkel He 219 A-0 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands. This was credited asK arewski's 4th victory.
A short biography of Dennis Davies can be see at source 5.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Meredith Roberts RAFVR 176514 (NCO:1385543 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 June, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Marley Rivers RAFVR 1293598 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer William George Graham RCAF 22433 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant James Herbert Wilson RAF 1567315 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Cecil Weeks RAF 1319454 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Robert Brice RAF 1577795 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Dennis Davies RAFVR 1705248 [Killed]
the casualties lie at the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161)
Sources:
1. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
2. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW720
3. Google Maps
4. Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 024.
5. https://www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com/raf/davies-dennis/
6. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2020 19:24 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 13-Nov-2020 16:04 | Weeks | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative, Photo] |
| 16-May-2023 01:32 | redsix | Updated |
| 05-Oct-2023 16:25 | Richard | Updated |
| 17-Oct-2023 12:14 | Richard | Updated |
| 18-May-2024 12:13 | Rob Davis | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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