ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229477
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| Date: | Saturday 18 March 1944 |
| Time: | 22:44 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 433 (Porcupine) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HX282 |
| MSN: | BM-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kröv, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skipton-on-Swale |
Operation - Frankfurt am Main, Hessen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Ofw. Karl-Heinz Scherfling of the 12./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Saint-Dizier airfield in France.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer David Eric James RCAF J/85073 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Group Captain Lawrence Ernest (Larry) Wray AFC RCAF C/127 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald Davis Green RAF 1162955 [PoW]
Navigator : Pilot Officer G Sharpe RCAF [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Sydney Alfred Sinclair RCAF J/21169 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Ernest Robert Pearce RAF 1150797 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Joseph Pierre Octave Vict Levesque RCAF J/86441 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Raymond Thomas Stinson RCAF R/206575 [PoW]
The deceased rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/March44/March18~19.html
https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/18544-HX2821944-03-19.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
Bing Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Sep-2019 14:59 | tachel | Added |
| 29-Sep-2019 15:45 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Oct-2019 11:26 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 02-Nov-2019 18:07 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 02-Nov-2019 18:07 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-Apr-2021 18:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2024 07:28 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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