ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50377
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:54 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ297 |
| MSN: | WL-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft |
Took off from RAF Croft at 22:36 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had taken off at 01:08 hrs from St Trond (Sint-Truiden, Belgium) in Bf 110 G-4 G9+DF; crashed near Alphen-aan-den-Rijn in Zuid Holland. All are buried in Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery:
Fg Off E S Dwyer RCAF (KIA)
Sgt J H Bolton (KIA)
Flt Sgt SK Kaiser (KIA)
Fg Off J C Lummis RCAF (KIA)
WO1 A R Moorby RCAF (KIA)
Sgt T D Turner RCAF (KIA)
Sgt N E Moors RCAF (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3807&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 287
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/dwyer-earl.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 January 1944 | LK699 | 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Helmstedt, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 20 February 1944 | LL257 | 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF | 4 | Harber, Hohenhameln, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1944 | LW596 | 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Hamburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Jun-2016 17:41 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 16:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2020 17:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Oct-2020 17:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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