ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172067
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 424 (Tiger) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HX311 |
| MSN: | QB-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ahrensfelde, 13 km NE from the centre of Berlin -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skipton-on-Swale |
| Berlin |
Crashed under unknown circumstances.
The entire crew died in the crash.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Aloyis Valentine Reilander RCAF J/20359 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Ronald Henry Penalagan RCAF J/8940 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Alexander Francis Dowding RAFVR 159677 (NCO:1393031 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 07 December, 1943) [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Bruce William Foskett RAAF Aus/413755 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer John William Fisher RAAF Aus/415244 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Frederick William Janes RAFVR 168517 (NCO:1330774 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 January, 1944) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Stanley Lucas RAFVR 2216237 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Frederick William Bartley RAFVR 1311036 [Killed]
They are buried in the 1939-45 War Cemetery
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.mehrow.de/Geschichte/1900_bis_1945/RAF-Bomber/HX311_Hf_Feb44_Ahrensfelde.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 79.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Dec-2014 19:47 | gerard57 | Added |
| 11-Feb-2015 13:50 | Oezil 007 | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-May-2015 18:39 | Repac | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2016 20:47 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 15-Feb-2024 08:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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