ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50379
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | 02:16 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LK879 |
| MSN: | OW-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Zandvoort, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 23:06 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Germany.
Homeward-bound, crashed in the sea off Holland. Probably, the aircraft was shot down by Leutnant Walter Briegleb of the 10./NJG 3, who was flying Ju 88 G-1 D5+BV.
All are buried in various Dutch Cemetries:
Fg Off J F E Tabor RCAF (KIA) - Makkum cemetery (Friesland) - washed up near pole 15 Breezanddijk (Friesland) 19th July
Sgt F E McQueen RCAF (KIA) - Castricum cemetery - washed up 3rd July
Fg Off G R G Shannon RCAF (KIA) - Amsterdam cemetery - recovered from sea 18th July
Sgt R E Niles RCAF (KIA) - Pietersbierum cemetery (Friesland) - washed up near pole 66 Sint Jacobiparochie (Friesland) 18th July
Sgt H Doggett RCAF (KIA) - Terschelling cemetery - washed up 20th July
Plt Off W D Carson RCAF (KIA) - Amsterdam cemetery - washed up near Zandvoort
Plt Off L G Hill RCAF (KIA) - Amsterdam cemetery - washed up near Zandvoort
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3798&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 286.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Jun-2016 22:40 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2018 12:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2020 12:29 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Oct-2020 17:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Oct-2020 17:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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