ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50374
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | 02:00 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ642 |
| MSN: | DY-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | De Luur, Eekstraat, Steenderen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
Took off from RAF Pocklington at 23:12 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down 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 ("2 attacks from a distance of 50 m from below and behind. Crash fire").
Those who died are buried alongside six airmen from 106 Squadron who died 26 June 1943 in Steenderen General Cemetery. Sgt Tweed's service number suggests he joined cira 1937 as a trainee Volunteer Reserve pilot. Flt Sgt Duggleby's father was the Reverand John Taylor of Northern Essenden in Victoria:
Sgt A J McDowell Barr (KIA)
Sgt J Bender (KIA)
Sgt J F Tweed (POW)
Flt Sgt A M Duggleby RAAF (KIA)
Sgt H J Wakeford (KIA)
Sgt W Chapman (POW)
Sgt F Bowman (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3797&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1944 Page 285.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/barr-adam.html
http://www.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/1617-06-1944-sglo-t3797-handley-page-halifax-mk-iii-mz642-dy-u/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1942 | V9987 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 2 | near Am Dwoberg, Delmenhorst, Niedersachsen |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Jun-2016 18:37 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2016 19:24 | Red Dragon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 16:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2020 17:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Oct-2020 17:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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