ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234805
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| Date: | Friday 28 April 1944 |
| Time: | 02:00 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ536 |
| MSN: | SE-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Trognée, Hannuit, Liège -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:23 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 : Pilot Officer John Gilson RCAF J/88963 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Robert Wallace RAFVR 1370144 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Thomas Rex Forsyth RCAF J/24699 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Dale Howard Loewen RCAF J/27590 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Gordon Templeton Greig RCAF J/90082 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Richard William Pratt RCAF J/86893 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant George Quist Hansen RCAF R/178083 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Wilson RAFVR 1521100 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-bij-trognee
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=MZ536
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2020 11:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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