ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50380
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| Date: | 17-JUN-1944 |
| Time: | 01:15 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LK837 |
| MSN: | SE-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Meijel, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft |
Took off from RAF Croft at 23:05 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter. This was probably a Junkers Ju 88 G-1 in the hands of Hauptmann Günther Wagner of the 7./NJG 2, who had taken off from Volkel airfield.
Plt Off Johnson RCAF and Sgt Obright RCAF rest in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, while the others who died are buried in Jonkersbos War Cemetery:
Plt Off E O Johnson RCAF (KIA)
Sgt D Shenton (KIA)
Fg Off R C B Garrity RCAF (Evaded)
Fg Off R W Jones (KIA)
Plt Off W R chapman (KIA)
Sgt E C Green RCAF (KIA)
Sgt L G Hill RCAF (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3799&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://escapeandevasionww2.com/escape_and_evasion_015.htm
http://www.bombercrew.com/rowlandjones.htm
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second world War 1944 Page 286.
https://aircrewremembered.com/blachford-glenn.html
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/June44/June16~1744.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Nov-2014 08:18 | Stephen | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 16-Jun-2016 21:58 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2018 12:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 28-Oct-2018 18:07 | ALAN MACKAY | Updated [Cn] |
| 03-Nov-2019 18:18 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 07-Oct-2020 18:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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