ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239004
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| Date: | Saturday 13 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:25 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LK883 |
| MSN: | OW-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Middelweg, Londerzeel, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
| Leuven Railway Yards |
Took off from RAF Linton on Ouse at 22:07.
Claim by Oblt Hans-Heinz Augenstein 12/NJG1 as his 29th victory - 8km West of Mechelen: 2,200m at 00:25.
Crashed near Londerzeel, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
https://www.evasioncomete.be/fberrywp.html
https://www.evasioncomete.be/fdoubtrh.html
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis-be.translate.goog/content/halifax-te-londerzeel?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Sgt Berry awarded DFM whilst with 76 Squadron. Gazetted 16 November 1943.
Crew
Pilot: J/12252 Fg Off John Howard Black RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number 4897.
Flight Engineer: 1080826 Flt Sgt Walter Berry DFM - Evaded
Navigator: J/26935 Fg Off Ross Hubert Doubt RCAF - Evaded
Bomb Aimer: J/27585 Fg Off John William Van Marrion RCAF - Evaded/Returned to UK after liberation of
France on 9 September 1944.
Wireless Operator: J/87090 Robert Joseph Fitzpatrick RCAF - Brussels Town Cemetery Plot X Row 18 Grave 28.
Mid Under Gunner: J/90284 Plt Off James Howard Jones RCAF - Brussels Town Cemetery Plot X Row 19 Collective Grave 6-8.
Mid Upper Gunner: J/94303 Plt Off Kenneth Wesley Drumm RCAF - Brussels Town Cemetery Plot X Row 19 Collective Grave 6-8.
Rear Gunner: 1815824 Sgt Albert Christopher Jones - Brussels Town Cemetery Plot X Row 19
Collective Grave 6-8.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-te-londerzeel
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK883
Google Maps
CWGC
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 006.
Comete Line
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 June 1944 | NA510 | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF | 2 | twixt Cagnicourt and Villers-lès-Cagnicourt; Pas-de-Calais département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2020 12:29 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2022 01:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 07-May-2023 07:23 | Anon. | Updated [[Location]] |
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