ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243527
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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
| Time: | 02:17 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ295 |
| MSN: | AL-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Baisy-Thy, Genappe, Walloon Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:47 hrs for a bombing operation against the military camp at Leopoldsburg in Limburg.
Another Halifax (LV831 of 427 Squadron) was hit by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Hans-Eugen von Gienanth of the 11./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
It plunged down and collided in mid-air with Halifax MZ295 of 429 Squadron, all fourteen crew members perishing.
The men from both crews rest in the Baisy-Thy Communal Cemetery and the Heverlee War Cemetery at Leuven.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LV831&o=Unit&d=asc
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2020 11:30 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2022 11:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Nov-2022 22:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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