ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50457
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| Date: | unk. date 1944 |
| Time: | 00:54 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LV906 |
| MSN: | ZA-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 15 km. W of Aachen, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne |
| Aachen |
Took off from RAF Melbourne at 22:58 hrs for a bombing operation against Aachen in Germany.
Victory credited to Major Walter Borchers, Stab. NJG 5,as hi
s 20th victory.
After the crew had had bombed their target and were on their way back when the plane was hit by a night fighter and the order was given to bale out of the plane by the pilot, Den Blackford. The only casualty was Frederic Singh, his leg was badly wounded by a cannon shell but he managed to bale out. He was quickly captured and taken to a hospital for treatment. He was interned in Stalag 6J at Dorsten, Germany. He was repatriated at the end of the war with serious leg injury and hospitalised for three years in England and
Australia. (australianindianhistory.com)
Probable claim by Maj Walter Borchers Stab NJG5 - 15km West of Aachen: 4,800m at 00:54.
(Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten)
Crashing at Born in the Dutch Province of Limburg on the east bank of the Julians Kanaal, 5 km NW of Sittard.
Crew
Pilot:177012 Plt Off Den A Blackford - PoW/Stalag Luft 7 Bankau Kreulberg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 6.
Flight Engineer:1803795 Flt Sgt J R Abbott - PoW/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number 1.
Navigator:1474650 Flt Sgt P Hudson - Stalag Luft 7 Bankau Kreulberg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 27.
Bomb Aimer: 1318320 WO W A Brooks - PoW/Stalag Luft 7 Bankau Kreulberg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 8.
Wireless Operator:1323367 Flt Sgt L J Tuck - PoW/Stalag Luft 7 Bankau Kreulberg Upper Silesia/Stalag Luft 3A Luckenwalde/PoW Number 64.
Air Gunner:1307260 Flt Sgt J A Shenton - PoW/Stalag Luft 7 Bankau Kreulberg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 52.
Air Gunner: A/414093 Fg Off Frederic Robert Singh - PoW/Stalag 6J Dorston Westphalia/PoW Number 7073.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=LV906&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 240.
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 024.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 June 1943 | DT783 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | Wolfsput, Aarle-Rixtel, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 3 February 1945 | RG443 | 10 Sqn RAF | 6 | Marienschootstraat, Nunhem, Limburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jun-2016 20:28 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2018 17:56 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2020 17:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2020 18:22 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 16-May-2023 01:19 | redsix | Updated [[Time, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Narrative]] |
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