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| Date: | Tuesday 6 October 1942 |
| Time: | 23:55 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | W7763 |
| MSN: | LQ-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Landgoed Prattenburg Estate, Rhenen, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe |
Took off from RAF Topcliffe at 18:54 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Osnabrück in Germany.
Homeward-bound, engaged by the night fighter pilots Ofw. Karl Wieland (1./NJG 1, Bf 110 F-4) and Hauptmann Dr Horst Patuschka (5./NJG 2, Ju 88 C-6). Ofw. Wieland was credited with the victory, which he achieved together with Bordfunker Ofw. Kahle.
Sgt McCluskey baled out, unfortunately his parachute did not open:
Pilot: J/9528 Plt Off Thomas Walker Stewart RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number 748.
Flight Engineer: R/58982 Sgt James Charles Mackie RCAF - PoW/Stalag 344 Lamsdorf/PoW Number 27186.
Navigator: R/106774 Sgt Gilbert Bryce Anderson RCAF - PoW/Stalag 344 Lamsdorf/PoW Number 27243.
Bomb Aimer: J/10894 Plt Off Edward Eggertson RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number 732.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/91269 Sgt Norman Edwin Brown RCAF - PoW/Stalag 344 Lamsdorf/PoW Number 27242.
Air Gunner:1303065 Sgt Francis Anthony McCluskey - Rhenen General Cemetery Plot 27 Row A Grave 3.
Air Gunner: 1371551 Sgt Archibald Marshall Eldes Moodie - PoW/Stalag 344 Lamsdorf/PoW Number 27223
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1871
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Jul-2013 16:10 | joopsiep | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2014 13:53 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase] |
| 24-May-2015 20:26 | Z. Zeeland | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 06-Oct-2017 14:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2018 16:50 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 29-Aug-2019 16:49 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2020 20:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 09:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 05-Jun-2024 14:25 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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