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| Date: | Friday 26 November 1943 |
| Time: | 02:20 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JD411 |
| MSN: | AL-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Olzheim, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium.
Target: Frankfurt am Main
Takeoff time: 23:23
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Victor Yelverton Haines RCAF C/1322 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Albert William Roberts RAFVR 1818062 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II Stanley Richard Moncrieff RCAF R/87074 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Class II Harold James Langford Copping RCAF R/54352 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William Ewart Lowe RAFVR 1479071 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer David Gilbert Scott RCAF J/27608 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Allan Thomas Gardiner RCAF R/123021 [Killed]
All lie at the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD411
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Nov-2018 09:48 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Nov-2018 15:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 31-May-2025 07:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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