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Date: | Wednesday 14 July 1943 |
Time: | 01:26 |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | HR905 |
MSN: | LQ-G |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Asten, SE of Helmond, Noord-Brabant -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Lodge, UK |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Attacked by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the Stab I./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield. The aircraft disintegrated in mid-air.
The deceased are buried at Jonkerbos War Cemetery, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 23:15
Crew:
Pilot S/L. D.L. Wolfe DFC 39805 RAF Jonkerbos 16 E 6
Co-Pilot F/O. D.J. Smith 413997 RNzAF Survived
Flight engineer Sgt. D.G. Bebensee DFM R/68061 RCAF Jonkerbos 16 E 5
Navigator F/O. R.G. Morrison DFC J/9764 RCAF Jonkerbos 16 E 1
Bomb aimer Sgt. E.M. Witt J/17710 RCAF Jonkerbos 16 E 2
Wireless op F/O. G.G. McGladrey DFC J/6843 RCAF Jonkerbos 16 E 3
Air gunner F/Sgt. T.H.N. Emerson DFM J/18062 RCAF Jonkerbos 16 E 4
Air gunner F/O. D.M. Clarke J/12952 RCAF Survived
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2656&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=405 Images:
Crew list HR905
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Sep-2014 14:58 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Nov-2017 07:10 |
graham |
Updated [Time, Photo, ] |
19-Jul-2018 09:19 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
13-Oct-2018 16:49 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
22-Jun-2022 16:40 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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