ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50381
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:30 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LK801 |
| MSN: | WL-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Semmeltjesdijk road, Ruurlo, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft |
Took off from RAF Croft at 22:42 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Germany.
Flying at 16,000 ft, on the homeward leg, intercepted by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans Schäfer of the 7./NJG 2 (flying a Ju 88 G-1 from Volkel airfield) and sent down at Ruurlo, where in the town's general cemetery is the grave of the tail gunner, Sgt Soderstrom RCAF:
WO1 M A Laffin RCAF (POW)
Sgt E J Druett (Evaded)
Fg Off J M Martin RCAF (POW)
Fg Off G A Chapman RCAF (POW)
Flt Sgt K J Donaldson RCAF (POW)
Sgt C W Wentworth RCAF (POW)
Sgt C V Soderstrom RCAF (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3805&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Soderstrom+&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1944&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=69&GSob=n&GRid=13894689&df=all&
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 287.
http://www.rcaf434squadron.com/happy-valley/
http://www.bombercrew.com/434/LK801.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Jun-2016 22:24 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 16:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2020 19:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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