ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50366
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:40 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 640 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW463 |
| MSN: | C8-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Spijk, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, Yorkshire |
Took off from RAF Leconfield at 23:07 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was engaged by two Junkers Ju 88 G-1 of the 7./NJG 2 (Fw. Heinz Misch & Lt. Heinz Reuter); fell on the northern side of the Waal near Tolkamer (Gelderland), 19 km SE for Arnhem centre. All are buried in Herwen-en-Aerdt (Tolkamer) General Cemetery:
Fg Off D N Cameron RCAF (KIA)
Sgt D H Hooper (KIA)
Flt Lt B R Robinson DFC (KIA)
Fg Off J W Collyer RCAF (KIA)
Sgt L E Basford (KIA)
Fg Off J W Summers (KIA)
Sgt K D Blyth (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3808&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 288.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 May 1944 | MZ562 | 640 Sqn RAF | 6 | Crashed within a few hundred metres of a dynamite factory at Balen-Wez |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jun-2016 15:03 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 22:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2020 19:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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