ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50376
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:30 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ520 |
| MSN: | SE-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Biezenmortel, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft |
Took off from RAF Croft at 22:59 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by the night fighter crew of Feldwebel Morlock & Feldwebel Soika of the 3./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield at 23:19 hrs for a Himmelbett patrol in a Heinkel He 219 A-0.
The Halifax exploded in midair, the blast ejecting Sgt Ellis. Debris fell at Biezenmortel, some 9 km NE from the centre of Tilburg. Those who died are buried in Udenhout (Biezenmortel) Roman Catholic Cemetery. There is no evidence of a relationship between the two air gunners, despite their service numbers being consecutive.
Crew:-
Pilot : P/O Alan Gilmore Fairless RCAF J/87070 [Killed]
F/E : Sgt Edmund Guinan RAFVR 2202756 [Killed]
Nav : P/O Herbert Grant Robinson RCAF J/90245 [Killed]
B/A : P/O George O. Massicotte RCAF J/89921 [Killed]
W/Op : Sgt Lawrence Ellis RAF 183056 [PoW]
M/U : P/O Donald Clifford McPherson RCAF J/90243 [Killed]
R/G : P/O Joseph Maxwell McPherson RCAF J/90244 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3800&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 286
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Jun-2016 18:00 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 16:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2020 19:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2022 07:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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