ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50368
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | 02:03 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW192 |
| MSN: | DY-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Buren - Buurmalsen; Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
Took off from RAF Pocklington at 23:00 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted by a night fighter whose fire caused an explosion at 02:03 hrs and scattered debris from the Halifax between Buurmalsen and nearby Buren, 7 km WNW from Tiel. Probably, the Halifax had encountered the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Breves, Feldwebel Telsnig & Obergefreiter Ofers of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium ('Halifax' (S.) Utrecht area (JL-HL): 4.200 m).
All are buried in Buren General Cemetery:
Flt Sgt E F Braddock (KIA)
Sgt E W Zaccheo (KIA)
Sgt W A Reid (KIA)
Sgt R L Putt (KIA)
Sgt J O Booker (KIA)
Sgt E A Finch (KIA)
Sgt G Hadfield (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3795&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.oorlogsslachtoffersgemeenteburen.nl/gesn._geallieerde_militairen/crash_halifax_Buren.htm
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 285.
http://www.102ceylonsquadron.co.uk/memEricFMBraddock.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/braddock-eric.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | R9529 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 6 | Haus Schuir mansion, Schuirweg 74, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | W1153 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | off Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 24 May 1943 | JD112 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 4 | near Oude Gouw, Grootslag polder, Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 20 January 1944 | HX187 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | Ahrensfelde, 13 km NE from the centre of Berlin | |
w/o |
| 20 February 1944 | JN972 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | Siedener Moor near Maasen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Dec-2013 10:42 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2016 18:43 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 16:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2020 18:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Oct-2020 18:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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