ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234800
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| Date: | Friday 28 April 1944 |
| Time: | 01:58 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ565 |
| MSN: | MH-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kemexhe, Crisnée, Liège -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:57 hrs for an operation to the railway yards at Montzen, Blieberg, province of Liège.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by Flak and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wilhelm Henseler of the 1./NJG 1, who was flying an He 219 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Joseph Herbert Patrick O'Neill BEM RAFVR 1312312 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alec White RAFVR 1489085 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II Robert Chaplin RCAF R/60394 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Robert Edward Burgum RAFVR 1394350 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William Royle Kinder RAFVR 1540685 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Robert Bernard Laroche RAFVR 1895307 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Stanley White RAFVR 1437767 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/oneill-joseph.html
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2020 10:14 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Apr-2020 10:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Apr-2024 06:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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