ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50287
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | 02:03 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 578 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ617 |
| MSN: | LK-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Molenstraat / Sint Hubertusstraat, Herpen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Burn |
Took off from RAF Burn at 23:12 hrs for a bombing operation against Bottrop in Germany.
Homeward-bound, shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Kinzer of the 8./NJG 2 (flying a Ju 88 G-1 from Volkel airfield) and crashed 02:03 at Herpen, some 7 km ENE from the centre of Oss.
All were laid to rest on 22 July in Uden War Cemetery. Flt Lt Couture RCAF, was an American from Seattle in Washington State:
Flt lt J A L Couture RCAF (KIA)
Sgt W Broughton (KIA)
Fg Off H Sellers (KIA)
Fg Off J S P Fitzpatrick RCAF (KIA)
Sgt C A Morton (KIA)
Sgt A H Garnham (KIA)
Flt Sgt G T Hodgson RCAF (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3878&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://halifaxoverherpenjuly1944.blogspot.nl/
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 341.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Jun-2014 10:31 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2014 07:41 | Coumes | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 24-Jun-2016 12:19 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 23-Oct-2020 07:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2022 00:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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