ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49947
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| Date: | Saturday 23 September 1944 |
| Time: | 22:43-49 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ574 |
| MSN: | ZA-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Swier hamlet, Wijnandsrade, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:25 hrs for a bombing operation against Neuss in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was claimed shot down by Feldwebel Anton Weisensel of the 11./NJG 1 and by Oberfeldwebel Wolfram Möckel of the 4./NJG 2.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer George Robert Graham Kite RCAF J/87906 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Joseph Norman McGiveron RAF 2203805 [PoW]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Gordon Walter Chorley RCAF J/87799 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant G Maling RAF [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Alexander Gray Thomas Saunders RAFVR 1117296 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Francis Patrick Mannion RAF 1678638 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Vivian Ivor Simmonds RAF 1315840 [PoW]
The casualties are buried at the Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4284&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | W1098 | 10 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Oeding, Südlohn, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Mar-2021 16:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2023 05:06 | Johnfromcardiff | Updated [[Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
| 14-Mar-2024 15:55 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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