ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50372
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ715 |
| MSN: | KN-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bonegraafseweg road, Ochten, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Full Sutton, East Yorkshire (EGNU) |
The plane went on a bombing mission to a fuel factory of Fisher Tropsch in Sterkrade, near Boholt, Germany.
Took off from RAF Full Sutton at 23:26 hrs.
Homeward-bound, intercepted by a night fighter (probably manned by 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).
The machine exploded in the air throwing clear WO Owen, who had spent some time in hospital. Debris was scattered between Ochten and Dodewaard, two small villages on the North Bank of the Waal, 18 km NW of Nijmegen. Four now rest in Uden War Cemetery but both air gunners are buried at Dodewaard General Cemetery. John Fred Burns, brother of Flt Sgt Burns RAAF, died in service:
Plt Off Alan Irvine Crain RAAF (KIA) Aus/415308
Sgt Victor Gledhill (KIA) RAFVR/1592716
Fg Off Trevor Rhys Davies (KIA) RAFVR/146291 (NCO:1264034, Gazette of 13th July 1943)
WO Alexander Albert Braid RAAF (KIA) Aus/408562
WO A A Owen (POW)
Flt Sgt Patrick Edward Thomas Tiernan RAAF (KIA) Aus/426711
Flt Sgt Alfred John Burns RAAF (KIA) Aus/424711
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3791&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.nederbetuwe.nl/Over_Neder_Betuwe/Over_Neder_Betuwe/Oorlogsmonumenten/Het_oorlogsrelaas_van_de_omgekomen_bemanning
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 284.
https://www.nederbetuwe.nl/gemeente/75_jaar_vrijheid/Monumenten_WOII/Dodewaard/Het_oorlogsrelaas_van_de_omgekomen_bemanning
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 May 1943 | DT632 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Gaxel, near Vreden, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 11 August 1943 | JD167 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | Rue de Boussu, Dour, Hainaut |  |
w/o |
| 7 September 1943 | JD405 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | Kaufering, Bayern | |
w/o |
| 15 March 1944 | LL229 | 77 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Mézerolles, Somme (80) |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Sep-2014 17:16 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2016 20:52 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 14:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 10-Mar-2020 16:47 | BTA44 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2020 07:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2021 19:33 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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