ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49585
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| Date: | Thursday 30 November 1944 |
| Time: | 20:00 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 578 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NR193 |
| MSN: | LK-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wijffelterbroek - Altweerterheide; Weert, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Burn, North Yorkshire |
Took off at 17:10 hrs for a bombing operation against Duisburg in Germany.
The Halifax plane collided over the Netherlands with Halifax MZ314. All fourteen occupants of both planes died in the crash.
All seven crew members of NR193 rest in the Groesbeek RCAF cemetery:
Pilot / P/O. V.W. Mathias NZ426055 RNZAF
Flight Engineer / Sgt. O.A. Parry 2203123 RAF
Navigator / Sgt. R.C.W.H. Harvey 1607906 RAF
Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. G.L. Lovegrove 1607117 RAF
Wireless Operator / Sgt. R. Brown 1076492 RAF
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. B. Hudspeth 1594181 RAF
Rear Gunner / Sgt. D. Evans 2210016 RAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4759&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/81540/Monument-Halifaxen-MZ314-en-NR193.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Aug-2018 13:17 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2021 21:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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