ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234797
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| Date: | Friday 28 April 1944 |
| Time: | 01:37 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LW592 |
| MSN: | QO-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sur-les-Bois, Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse, Liège -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, North 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 : Pilot Officer H H Whaley RCAF 18716 [Evaded]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alfred Clarence Phillips RAF 1604824 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer John Woollatt Burrows RCAF J/22599 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant K J Doyle RCAF 157883 [Evaded]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer D C MacDonald RCAF 90369 [Evaded]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer D A McCoy RCAF 35656 [Evaded]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Paul Edward Driver RCAF J/85612 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW592
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1944 | NA516 | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF | 3 | Scheggertdijk, Almen, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2020 09:27 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Apr-2020 11:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Apr-2024 07:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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