ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163960
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| Date: | Friday 28 April 1944 |
| Time: | 01:52 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ522 |
| MSN: | SE-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Sint-Truiden and Zepperen, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft |
| Montzen |
Took off from RAF Croft at 23:27 to attack the railway yards at Montzen, Blieberg, province of Liège.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was damaged by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Friedrich Thörl of the Stab I./NJG 4, who had taken off from Florennes airfield; crashed at Zepperen (Limburg)on the NE outskirts of St-Zuuiden. Fg Off Rooks RCAF broke a leg after landing by parachute at nearby Gelinden. Plt Off Morison RCAF was flying as a mid-upper gunner. Those who evaded were liberated by American forces entering Crisnee 8 km NE of Liege, 8 September 1944:
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant J M Hill RCAF 7761 [Evaded]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant J B Millar RCAF 59997 [Evaded]
Navigator : Flying Officer John Stoyko RCAF J/14513 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer A C Donnell RCAF 85144 [Evaded]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer G G M Gage RCAF 172893 [Evaded]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer C O Rooks RCAF 27317 [Evaded]
Mid-Under Gunner : Pilot Officer John Benwell Morison RCAF J/19403 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer J L Leyne RCAF 85172 [Evaded]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
Google Maps
http://www.caribbeanaircrew-ww2.com/?p=121
http://home.scarlet.be/~zepperen/pg005.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 199.
http://home.scarlet.be/~zepperen/pg005.html
http://www.caribbeanaircrew-ww2.com/?p=121
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Feb-2014 15:08 | gerard57 | Added |
| 25-May-2015 19:07 | Taylor | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 11-Jun-2016 16:56 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2019 08:42 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2020 09:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2024 06:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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