ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50456
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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:36 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW118 |
| MSN: | NP-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tholen-OverFlakken, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lissett, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:02 hrs for a bombing operation against the Rothe Erde railway station at Aachen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Alfons Köster of the Stab III./NJG 2, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 from Volkel airfield. This was Koster's 18th victory.
Pilot / F/O. C.C. Price 130644 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 208
Flight Engineer / F/Sgt. B.O. Baldwin 76493 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 210
Navigator / P/O. E.T. Heard 54037 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 211
Bomb Aimer / F/O. J.E. Sidnell 53845 RAF / Kamperland cemetery; grave VR 1 / washed up near Wissenkerke 22nd of July
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / F/Sgt. W. Steane 1195607 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 222
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. S. Jackson 1035003 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 232
Rear Gunner / Sgt. H.J. Walker 1873691 RAF / Bergen op Zoom war cemetery; grave 14 B 2 / washed up near Zierikzee 5th of June
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3716&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 Part 3, p. 025.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Oct-2020 16:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 10:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Jun-2022 10:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 20-May-2023 20:39 | redsix | Updated [[Location]] |
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