ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234807
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| Date: | Friday 28 April 1944 |
| Time: | 02:05 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LK807 |
| MSN: | QO-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hannêche, Burdinne, Liège -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:36 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 Leutnant Ewald-Werner Hittler of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying an He 219 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant G Millar RCAF 160497 [Evaded]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Stanley Musgrove RAF 1836352 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer A P R Holmes RCAF 25018 [Evaded]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant D N McCaulay RCAF [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Warrant Officer Class II W B MacPherson RCAF 104310 [Evaded]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant G E H Flather RAF 1592448 [Evaded]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Royce Desmond Aubrey Harmsworth RAFVR 1608330 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK807
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 April 1945 | NP805 | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF | 1 | RAF East Moor |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2020 14:08 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Apr-2020 14:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Apr-2024 07:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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