ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236316
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| Date: | Thursday 3 September 1942 |
| Time: | 01:47 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DT487 |
| MSN: | LQ-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lesve, Profondeville, Namur -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 22:28 hrs local time for an operation to Karlsruhe in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Kurt Martinek of the 9./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 from Juvincourt airfield in France.
The 24-year-old pilot Flight Lieutenant L.D. Hillier was killed, together with F/Sgt George Roberts, the 20-year-old second pilot, F/Sgt Bernard A. McGrath RCAF, 25 years old, navigator - Sgt Alexander Muir RCAF, 19 years old, flight engineer - P/O Kenneth E. Mitchell, 33 y. and F/Sgt Arthur E. Ewing RCAF, both wireless operators and the air gunners Sgt Edwin C. Coules and Sgt Edward J. Cutting. They are resting in Hotton war cemetery today.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-bij-lesves
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DT487
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2020 18:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 03:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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