ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234818
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:25 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ593 |
| MSN: | MH-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Koolskamp, Ardooie, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 22:12 hrs for an operation to Mechelen in Antwerpen province.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was damaged by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Modrow & Unteroffizier Schneider of the 2./NJG 1, who were flying He 219 A-2 G9+CK from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
Three crew members had stayed on board with their pilot and were killed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant George Robert French RAFVR 1148278 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald Claxton RAFVR 1815821 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II William Frederick Picton RCAF R/152375 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Alfred Louis Westcar RAF 1399342 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Thomas William Richards RAF 1316633 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant James David Oxenburgh DFM RAFVR 1383796 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Frederick James Arbon RAFVR 1869934 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-bij-koolskamp
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=MZ593
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1944 | LV783 | 51 Sqn RAF | 6 | Moelingen, Voeren, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 28 May 1944 | LK885 | 51 Sqn RAF | 3 | near Aacht, Noord Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 2 February 1945 | MZ487 | 51 Sqn RAF | 6 | Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2020 18:35 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Apr-2020 18:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 06-Nov-2022 12:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Apr-2024 15:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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