ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50361
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | 02:00 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | NA516 |
| MSN: | QO-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Scheggertdijk, Almen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
Took off from RAF East Moor at 23:16 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Germany.
Homeward-bound and while closing on the Dutch coast at 18,000 feet, was struck by cannon fire and fell at Almen (Gelderland), S of the Twenthe Kaanal, 7 km WSW of Lochem. Probably, the attacker was Major Gert Schäfer-Suren of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Heinkel He 219 A-0 from Venlo airfield.
Those who died rest in Gorssel General Cemetery:
Fg Off Hugh Francis Morrow RCAF J/28294 (KIA)
Sgt V R Herrick RCAF R/225262 (POW)
Fg Off J A Slimmon RCAF J/25049 (POW)
Sgt R Gelfand RCAF R/90462 (POW)
WO1 L R McElroy RCAF R/87223 (POW)
Sgt J ohn Markey Johnston RCAF J/90924 (KIA)
Sgt Jack Laverne Shanks RCAF J/86809 (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3803&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 287.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1944 | LW592 | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF | 2 | Sur-les-Bois, Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse, Liège |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jun-2016 17:28 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2018 19:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2020 15:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2021 15:51 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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