ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162316
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| Date: | Thursday 8 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:16 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ577 |
| MSN: | EY-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 4 kms S of Lieusaint (Seine-et-Marne) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton |
| Juvisy sur Orge Rail Communications |
Took off from RAF Breighton at 22:50.
Claim by Oblt Jakob Schaus 4/NJG4 – W-SW-S of Paris (AD-AE-BD-BE): 1,800m at 01:16.
(Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 -Theo Boiten)
Crashed 4km South of Lieusaint.
Lt Evans was initially laid to rest with his comrades. In 1946 he was reinterned in Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial France.
Crew
Pilot: J/86361 Plt Off Maurice McLear RCAF - Villeneuves St. Georges Communal Cemetery Joint Grave 102.
Flight Engineer: 1523828 Sgt R Wann – Injured. Repatriated on SS Arundel Castle. Arrived in Liverpool on 6 February 1945.
Navigator: 0-886289 Lt Cameron Oliver Evans USAAF - Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial
Bomb Aimer: J/89258 Stanley Frederick Harding Kelley RCAF - Villeneuves St. Georges Communal Cemetery Joint Grave 101.
Wireless Operator: 1268145 Flt Sgt Robert Owen Connor - Villeneuves St. Georges Communal Cemetery Joint Grave 102.
Air Gunner: J/86372 Earle Deachman Woods RCAF - Villeneuves St. Georges Communal Cemetery Joint Grave 101.
Air Gunner: 1553115 Flt Sgt Jack Wilson Angus – Initially escaped. Arrested in Paris 14 July 1944. Interned in Fresnes (France). One of the 168 Allied prisoners who was deported to Buchenwald on 15 August 1944. On 10 September 1944 transferred to Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number 8074.
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/10686.php
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 September 1943 | LW232 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | Langenhagen, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 26 February 1944 | LV794 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | near Fischbach bei Dahn, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
| 6 October 1944 | LL588 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Grote Bloksepolder, Oude-Tonge, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2013 11:35 | gerard57 | Added |
| 24-Feb-2014 11:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 04-Mar-2021 18:16 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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