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| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1943 |
| Time: | 00:09 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD379 |
| MSN: | KN-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Queloh, Eschede, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington |
Hit by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the 12./NJG 1 (flying Bf 110 G-4 'G9+DZ' from Leeuwarden airfield, the Netherlands) and by heavy Flak units.
Takeoff time: 20:19
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Alexander Massie RAFVR 156947 (NCO:1345043 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 October, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Reginald Roberts Crofts RAF 1454788 [PoW]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant William Stanley Joseph Plunkett RAF 1200603 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant William Alan Peers RAFVR 1067704 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer Philip Anthony Stiff RAF 130055 (NCO:1269933 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 January, 1943) [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Charles Walter Brister RAF 1651444 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Charles Richard George Rollings RAFVR 124946 (NCO:1387385 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 September, 1942) [Killed]
All three casualties lie at the Hanover War Cemetery, Germany (52.377026 / 9.654365)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD379
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2018 12:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 25-Oct-2025 07:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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