ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231402
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| Date: | Friday 28 April 1944 |
| Time: | 02:02 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ529 |
| MSN: | SE-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Herselt, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft |
| Montzen |
Takeoff at 23:25 hrs for an operation to the railway yards at Montzen, Blieberg, province of Liège.
Shortly after bombing, the ‘heavy’ was raked from front to back and, with its fuselage and starboard wing in flames it crashed at 02:02 hrs. The night fighter pilot responsible was Leutnant Ernst-Otto Hoevermann of the Stab III./NJG 2 (based at Twente airfield in the Netherlands), who was flying a Junkers Ju 88.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer William Edwin Woodrow RCAF J/19650 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer D Harrison RCAF 85357 [Evaded]
Flight Engineer : Flying Officer W R Knowlton RCAF 22596 [Evaded]
Navigator : Pilot Officer John Joseph Lyng RCAF J/25542 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Leslie Lester Anderson DFM RCAF J/18158 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Robert Harold Aiano RAFVR 1434385 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Royal Edwin Hazael RCAF J/88609 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Albert Lloyd Gabel RCAF J/88608 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://aircrewremembered.com/woodrow-william-edwin.html
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-bij-herselt
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 November 1943 | LK973 | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF | 8 | Frankfurt am Main, Hessen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Dec-2019 16:40 | tachel | Added |
| 06-Apr-2020 11:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Apr-2024 07:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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