ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50550
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1944 |
| Time: | 02:18 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 424 (Tiger) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LV962 |
| MSN: | QB-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | west of the Draepkilweg road at Werkendam, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skipton-on-Swale |
Took off from RAF Skipton-on-Swale at 21:41 hrs for an operation to Karlsruhe in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Werner Baake & Unteroffizier Rolf Bettaque of the 2./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield at 23:26 hrs for a 'Himmelbett' patrol in 'Raum Bazi', in He 219 A-0 G9+BK.
The aircraft crashed near Werkendam (Noord-Brabant), 4 km SW of the town of Gorinchem. Those who perished were laid to rest in Werkendam Protestant Cemetery. Sgt Phyall was amongst a group of prisoners of war who arrived in Liverpool on 6 February aboard the Arundel Castle. All had been involved in a serious landing accident a month previously:
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Douglas Alexander Crosbie RCAF J/21660 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant C M A Phyall RAF [PoW, repatriated]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Patrick Murray Moloney RAAF Aus/421364 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer John Evan Tinline RCAF J/26318 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Robert Watson Brown RCAF R/87375 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Zenon Romeo Trudeau RCAF J/87046 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 November, 1940) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Lawrence Joseph Henry Boudreau RCAF J/88809 [Killed]
All lie at the Werkendam cemetery (GPS 51.812452 / 4.896516)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3620&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1944 Page 188.
http://www.raafdb.com/view_aircraft.asp?id=1219
http://honourthem.ca/masterDetail.cfm?ID=95447
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Jun-2016 16:05 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2018 16:51 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 03-Apr-2020 10:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Apr-2020 10:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Embed code] |
| 19-Mar-2024 15:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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