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| Date: | Thursday 1 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:22 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed Hudson Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 161 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V9155 |
| MSN: | MA-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Verhovenseweg at Gilze-Rijen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Mission to the Railway yards at Trappes.
Takeoff at 23:34 hrs for an SOE operation (Poker).
The aircraft was shot down by Feldwebel Wilhelm Morlock at 0110 hours; his first victory of the nighr, and 3rd overall.
Also claimed by Flak of the 6./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 665 & 5./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 591 ('Lockheed Gilze 01:22 hrs').
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Warren Macaulay Hale RCAF J/6948 [Killed] Bergen op Zoom RCAF cemetery; grave 11 F 1
Navigator : Flying Officer John Gall DFC RNZAF NZ/416476 [Killed] Bergen op Zoom RCAF cemetery; grave 10 F 11 / from USA
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer Arthur George Maskall DFM RAFVR 127532 (NCO:751089 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 September, 1942) [Killed] Bergen op Zoom RCAF cemetery; grave 7 E 12
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Michael Henry Hughes RAFVR 133874 (NCO:1166003 : Commission Gazetted Friday 18 December, 1942) [Fatal Injury] Uden War Cemetery; grave 5 C 5
Passenger : 2nd Lieutenant (US) G M 'Poker' Dekkers (Agent) [Killed] Beverwijk cemetery; Alias 'Poker'
Passenger : 2nd Lieutenant (US) G J 'Football' Kuenen (Agent) [Killed] Beverwijk cemetery; Alias 'Football'
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3752&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three by Theo Boiten, page 30.
Google Maps
correspondence Theo E.W. Boiten 5 June 2021
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Oct-2020 18:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2020 18:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 05-Jun-2021 16:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 11:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 22-May-2024 06:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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