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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:47 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HX352 |
| MSN: | AL-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Leopoldsbure area, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
| Aachen Railway Yards |
Take off at 22:57 hrs for an operation against Aachen in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Strüning & Oberleutnant Apel of the 3./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands at 23:20 hrs, in Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+EL. This was credited as Struning's 44th victory.
Those who perished were initially buried in Brusthem (St Trond) Cemetery
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer James Lloyd Michell RCAF J/86653 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Joseph Isaac Jolley RAFVR 2206449 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Daniel Neilson McKenzie RCAF J/24660 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Peter Nazar RCAF J/27731 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer James Ignatius MacDonald RCAF J/87169 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Harold Donald Lapointe RCAF 187666 [PoW]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Alec Norman Smith RAF 1337225 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HX352
Google Maps
CWGC
The Long Road - Oliver Clutton-Brock
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2020 16:45 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 16-May-2023 01:35 | redsix | Updated |
| 18-May-2024 12:21 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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