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| Date: | Thursday 30 July 1942 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | X3712 |
| MSN: | VR-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Porcheresse, Daverdisse, Luxembourg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Takeoff at 23:30 hrs for an operation to Saarbrücken in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Ludwig Bietmann & Wolfgang Reinicke of the 5./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Class I Noel McHenry Moore RCAF R/74456 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Brian Edward Coffey RAFVR 1312599 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Kenneth Johannes Aronson RCAF R/85348 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Donald Archie Macaulay RCAF R/71574 [Killed]
Sergeant W R Orndorff RAF 96343 [Evaded]
The four casualties lie at the Gosselies Communal Cemetery, Belgium (50.463982 / 4.439499)
Sources:
http://www.419squadron.com/X3712.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3712
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2020 02:45 | tachel | Added |
| 12-May-2020 18:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jun-2022 01:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 07-Jul-2025 06:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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