ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49094
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| Date: | Saturday 24 February 1945 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 462 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | MZ448 |
| MSN: | Z5-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Foulsham, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 17:01 hrs for a Radio Counter Messures (RCM) operation to Neuss.
The aircraft was shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1.
Pilot : F/L Frederick Harold Ridgewell RAFVR 149967 (NCO:1333210) [Killed] / Runnymede Memorial
F/E : Sgt R G Hodgson RAF [PoW]
Nav : F/O W J Mann RAAF [PoW]
B/A : F/O W R Watson RAF [PoW]
W/Op : F/O John Raymond Boyce RAAF Aus/432692 [PoW]
SEO : F/O Thomas Pawsey RAFVR 163583 (NCO:1672050) [Killed] / Runnymede Memorial
M/U : Sgt George Edward Rolls RAF 644506 [Killed] / Runnymede Memorial
R/G : Sgt John George Lynch RAF 650438 [Killed] / Venray War Cemetery, the Netherlands
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5301
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945
http://www.nikylasmith.com/crew%20mz448.htm
https://www.awm.gov.au//catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z012_1.pdf
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jun-2012 19:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Nov-2012 04:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2015 08:11 | Uzi | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2022 15:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 03:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Damage] |
| 24-Jun-2022 23:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Jun-2022 12:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
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