ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239003
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| Date: | Saturday 13 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:20 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 640 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW499 |
| MSN: | C8-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | over Geel, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 22:01 hrs for an operation against the railway yards at Hasselt.
The aircraft was intercepted by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Nabrich & Feldwebel Habicht of the 3./NJG 1 based at Venlo airfield in the Netherlands, who were flying an He 219A fitted with a 37mm cannon. The explosive power of the cannon caused debris of the aircraft to fly around. This was their 7th credited victory.
The deceased were intially buried in Fort 3 British Cemetery Antwerp.
Plt Off Thomas RCAF - Communal Grave 168-169.
Sgt Lee - Grave 165.
Fg Off Atkins - Grave 167.
Flt Sgt Campbell - Communal Grave 168-169.
Flt Sgt Rose - Grave 165.
Sgt Gee - Grave 166.
Reinterred 21 December 1945.
Sgt Scott was part of Trupp 1. He arrived at Bankau on 6 June 1044
Crew
Pilot: J/87559 Plt Off Douglas Osborne Thomas RCAF - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E
Collective Grave 36-42.
Flight Engineer: 1144562 Sgt Charles Geoffrey Lee - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Grave 46.
Navigator: J/22434 Fg Off John Ivan Atkins RCAF - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Grave 43.
Bomb Aimer: 1314892 Flt Sgt Donald Stirling Campbell - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Collective Grave 36-42.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1544210 Sgt James Sidney Scott - PoW/Stalag Luft 7 Bankau near Kreuzburg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 51.
Air Gunner:A/437319 Flt Sgt George Henry Rose RAAF - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Grave 45.
Air Gunner: 1592752 Sgt Leslie Robert Gee - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Grave 44.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW499
Google Maps
CWGC
The Long Road by Oliver Clutton Brock
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 006.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2020 12:09 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Aug-2020 12:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2020 13:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2022 01:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 02-Sep-2022 15:22 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2023 07:23 | Anon. | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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