ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243457
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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:53 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 640 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ579 |
| MSN: | C8-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | neaar Brunssum, NW if Aachen, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Aachen Railway Yards |
Take off at 23:04 hrs for an operation against Aachen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans Schäfer of the 7./NJG 2, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 from Volkel airfield in the Netherlands. Credited as his 5th victory.
Those who perished were initially buried in Susterseel Cemetery.
Reinterred 14 April 1947.
Sgt Campbell was part of Trupp 3. He arrived at Bankau on 18 June 1944.
Sgt Murray was part of Trupp 4. He arrived at Bankau on 20 June 1944.
Crew
Pilot: 1425973 Sgt Jack Henry Crane - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 5 Row E Grave 6.
Flight Engineer: 2209502 Sgt William Fletcher - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 5 Row E Joint Grave
7-8.
Navigator: 1396176 Sgt William Charles Smith - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 5 Row E Grave 4.
Bomb Aimer: 151734 Fg Off Neville Morrad - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 5 Row E Grave 5.
Wireless Operator: 1049271 Sgt Frederick Arthur Farrall - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 5 Row E Joint Grave 7-8.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1822582 Sgt Thomas Young Murray - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzberg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 125.
Rear Gunner: 1895819 Sgt John Campbell - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzberg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 103.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three, page 24.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/crane-jack-henry.html
Google Maps
CWGC
The Long Road - Oliver Clutton-Brock
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 024.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 March 1944 | LW430 | 640 Sqn RAF | 7 | Gerbis, near Jessen, Sachsen-Anhalt |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2020 17:02 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Sep-2020 17:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-May-2023 01:11 | redsix | Updated [[Narrative]] |
| 16-May-2023 07:36 | resix | Updated [[[Narrative]]] |
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