ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50359
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | 02:32 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NA545 |
| MSN: | KN-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 80 km west of Zandvoort, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Full Sutton, East Yorkshire (EGNU) |
Took off from RAF full Sutton at 23:15 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Germany.
Homeward-bound, crashed in the sea off the coast of Holland. Probably, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Peter Müller of the 4./NJG 1, who had taken off from Deelen airfield.
Five bodies were later recovered and buried in cemetetries in Holland and in Germany. Fg Off MacKay RAAF and flt sgt Meeghan are commmeorated on Panels 257 and 220 of the Runnymede Memorial:
Plt Off Bird RAAF (KIA)West-Terschelling General Cemetery
Sgt R A Castle-Hall (KIA)West-Terschelling General Cemetery
Sgt A B Freemantle (KIA)Sage War Cemetery
Fg Off S W MacKay RAAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt R J Warren RAAF (KIA) Texel Den Burg Algemene Begraafplaats
Flt Sgt F A Meeghan (KIA) Runnymede Memorial
Sgt J A Lauder (KIA) Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3794&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 284.
http://www.raafdb.com/view_aircraft.asp?id=850
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jun-2016 18:37 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 14:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2020 17:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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