ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234803
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| Date: | Friday 28 April 1944 |
| Time: | 01:58 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LK842 |
| MSN: | SE-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Houthalen-Helchteren, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:28 hrs for an operation to the railway yards at Montzen, Blieberg, province of Liège.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hermann Greiner, Staffelkapitän of the 11./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : 1st Lieutenant (US) John Miller Earman USAAF [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Graham RAFVR 1875912 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer William George Dudley RCAF J/22237 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Hubert William Pond RCAF J/28355 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer Douglas Malcolm King RCAF 24073 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Joseph Francis Lloyd Perry RCAF R/112020 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer John Joseph Cooke RCAF J/88607 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/earman-john-miller.html
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 December 1943 | EB137 | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Zakedijkje, Bergen, Noord-Holland |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2020 11:08 | TigerTimon | Added |
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