ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50375
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:20 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ537 |
| MSN: | SE-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Puiflijk, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft |
Took off from RAF Croft at 23:14 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 night fighter pilot Leutnant Ludger Krimphove of the 3./NJG 7, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 G-1 from Münster-Handorf airfield in Germany; crashed at Puiflijk about 3 km SW of the small town of Druten, south of the Waal river.
Flt Lt M M Johnstone RCAF (POW)
Sgt J C Fereday (POW)
Flt Lt J C Burns RCAF (POW)
Fg Off C Bell RCAF (POW)
Fg Off L O Stanley RCAF (POW)
Fg Off M B Steeves RCAF (POW)
Fg Off Fg Off R J Oates RCAF (POW)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3801&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 286.
RCAFA awards archives
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 January 1944 | LK963 | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF | 3 | SW of Webelsfelde, Mühlen Eichsen, Mecklenburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Jun-2016 18:18 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2018 15:33 | tachel | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 16:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 09-Oct-2020 07:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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