ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50360
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | 02:04 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NA524 |
| MSN: | KN-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Berkel en Rodenrijs; Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Full Sutton, East Yorkshire (EGNU) |
Took off From RAF full Sutton at 23:10 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down from around 20,000 feet by a night fighter, all the crew bailing out successfully. The attacker has been identified as Hauptmann Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had taken off at 01:08 hrs from St Trond (Sint-Truiden, Belgium) in Bf 110 G-4 G9+DF. The Halifax crashed at Berkel in Zuid Holland. Sgt Turton arrived home on 22 September:
Fg off J M Shaw USAAF (POW)
Sgt J Herron (POW)
Sgt N Vale (POW)
Sgt T Bell RCAF (POW)
Sgt R E Wheldon (POW)
Sgt H J F Turton (Evaded)
Sgt A R C Hendery RCAF (POW)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3793&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 284.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/schnaufer.html
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jun-2016 17:56 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2016 17:56 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Nov-2018 14:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 09-Oct-2020 06:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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