ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232338
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
| Time: | 23:56 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 466 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | HX341 |
| MSN: | HD-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rosheim, Bas-Rhin (67) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 18:45 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was damaged by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Rolf Bussmann of the 10./NJG 5 (based at Erfurt-Bindersleben airfield in Germany), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
The crew evacuated the aircraft, one of them evading capture.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Harold Callaway Wills RAAF Aus/412787 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Roy William Jackson RAF 1388797 [PoW]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Richard "Tony" Anthony Fitch RAF 160847 (NCO:1335548 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 December, 1943) [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Herbert Edward Dawson RAAF Aus/16489 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Frederick Cunliffe RAF 1072609 [Evaded]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Francis (Jack) Wood RAAF Aus/424549 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Harold Wallace Clark RAF 1390820 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=987
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 November 1944 | LV936 | 466 Sqn RAAF | 4 | Neviges - Windrath; Velbert, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2020 18:53 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Mar-2024 08:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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