ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234796
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| Date: | Friday 28 April 1944 |
| Time: | 01:33 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LV783 |
| MSN: | MH-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moelingen, Voeren, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:41 hrs for an operation to the railway yards at Montzen, Blieberg, province of Liège.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Johannes Hager, Staffelkapitän of the 6./NJG 1 based at Saint-Dizier airfield in France.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Patrick Keenan RAFVR 1388826 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Harold Thomas RAFVR 1591316 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer R P McKean RCAF 22102 [Evaded]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Edward Fanahan Sheehan RCAF R/172051 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Frank Colin Brown RAFVR 1537052 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Edward Hope Hastie RAFVR 1593365 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Leo Coughlan RAFVR 2209452 [Killed]
Flying Officer R.P. McKean RCAF managed to escape by parachute and evade capture. His comerades all rest at Heverlee War Cemetery in Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LV783
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 May 1944 | MZ593 | 51 Sqn RAF | 4 | Koolskamp, Ardooie, West Flanders | |
w/o |
| 28 May 1944 | LK885 | 51 Sqn RAF | 3 | near Aacht, Noord Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 2 February 1945 | MZ487 | 51 Sqn RAF | 6 | Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2020 09:22 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Apr-2020 11:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2024 06:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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