ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234630
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| Date: | Sunday 23 April 1944 |
| Time: | 00:16 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK710 |
| MSN: | KN-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 km east of Soissons, Aisne département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 21:00 hrs for an operation to Laon in Aisne.
The aircraft was brought down in a Schräge Musik attack, by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Johannes Hager of the 6./NJG 1, who had taken off from Saint-Dizier airfield in Haute-Marne, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+HP.
The aircraft engulfed in flames, six crew members managed to escape by parachute. It exploded into three large pieces at a height of 1,000 metres.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Kenneth Frank Pennington Bond RAF 40666 [Fatal Injury]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Victor H Clare RAF 1605068 [Evaded]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Charles William Hobgen RAF 171703 (NCO:1331663 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 March, 1944) [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer John Arthur Grimer RAF 138336 (NCO:1804070 : Commission Gazetted Friday 24 September, 1943) [Evaded]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Robert E Johnson RAF 1575340 [Evaded]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer Matthew Alliso "Jock" Mason RAF 145305 (NCO:745905 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 June, 1943) [Evaded]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer William Angus Jacks DFC RAF 145426 (NCO:1061396 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 29 June, 1943) [Evaded]
For the crew, see France-Crashes 39-45.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1212
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Apr-2020 13:41 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-Apr-2024 06:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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