ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232055
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| Date: | Thursday 29 June 1944 |
| Time: | 00:44 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LV938 |
| MSN: | ZL-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Juvincourt-et-Damary; Aisne département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 21:45 hrs for an operation against the railway centre at Metz.
Shot down by Oberfähnrich Friedrich-Wilhelm Kisker of the 1./NJG 6, who was flying Bf110 G-4 2Z+OH from Le Culot airfield in Belgium.
Crew:
W/O2 A. King RCAF–POW
Sgt H. Morgan RAF–POW
F/O W. Wilson RCAF–POW
P/O W. Pookay RCAF–Evaded
F/Sgt R. Mowbray RCAF–POW
F/Sgt S. Vallieres RCAF–POW
P/O D. Cotton RCAF killed
1 crew was killed, 1 evaded and 5 POWs
Sources:
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/June44/June28~2944.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=lv938
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=879
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1943 | DK135 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 1 | along Helderseweg, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2020 14:15 | tachel | Added |
| 05-Jun-2021 10:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2023 08:35 | Nepa | Updated [[Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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