ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234795
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| Date: | Friday 28 April 1944 |
| Time: | 01:30 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LL258 |
| MSN: | WL-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Teuven, Voeren, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:15 hrs for an operation to the railway yards at Montzen, Blieberg, province of Liège.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who was scrambled from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) in Bf 110 G-4 G9+DF at 01:07 hrs.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Edmund Arthur Vigor RCAF J/85758 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Arthur Bernard Randall RAFVR 2204816 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Albert Edward Young RCAF J/20962 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer William Ralph Ellwood RCAF J/25698 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Harold Arthur Alexander Breeze RCAF J/87376 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Donald Arthur Pastorius RCAF J/86255 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Charles Henry Havill RCAF R/176712 [Killed]
All rest at Heverlee War Cemetery in Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LL258
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1944 | LW433 | 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF | 3 | Nederheide, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2020 09:06 | TigerTimon | Added |
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