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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:59 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LV918 |
| MSN: | NP-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | over Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lissett, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 22:55 hrs for a bombing operation against the Rothe Erde railway station at Aachen.
Over the target, the aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; exploded and crashed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Ralph Reavill RAFVR 122816 (NCO:1184693 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 June, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Lieutenant Cedric Charles Fox DFM RAFVR 146839 (NCO:1018963 : Commission Gazetted Thursday 20 July, 1944) [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Walter James Rogers RAFVR 144769 (NCO:1376194 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 July, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Joseph Edward Hounam DFM RAF 149468 (NCO:1065852 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 September, 1943) [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Robert Edward Hardwick RAFVR 1325790 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Frank Albert Spriggs RAF 1625363 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Donald Alexander Stewart RCAF 176832 [PoW]
Casualties lie in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LV918&o=DateIncident&d=asc
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2020 07:14 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 02-Oct-2020 09:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 24-May-2022 19:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2022 22:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 18-May-2024 12:10 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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