ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50460
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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:15 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK885 |
| MSN: | MH-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Aacht, Noord Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Snaith 51 Sq. |
| Aachen Railroad Marshalling yard |
Mission to Aachen.
Takeoff at 22:50 hrs for a bombing operation against Aachen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had taken off from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield (Belgium) at 23:57 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+DF. This was Schnauffer's 69th credited victory.
Three of the crew did not survive:
Sgt. W.A. Gosnay (FE) was killed and buried at Eindhoven cemetary.
Two bodies were found by the Germans but only one (Gosnay) is in the Woensel (Eindhoven) General cemetery.
P/O W.C. ("Carl" Lawson (pilot) and Sgt. Stan Beech (tailgunner) are still MIA.
Remains of the LK885 were recovered in Aug 1993.
Sgt J.H.Noel RCAF PoW;
Sgt K.C.Minifie RCAF PoW;
Sgt B.A.M.Fraser RCAF PoW.
Sgt B.A.M.Fraser initially evaded until captured at Tilburg on 8 Jul. 1944 and interned in Camp L7, PoW No.358 with Sgt K.C.Minifie, PoW No.90 and Sgt J.H.Noel, PoW No.92. "
Sgt Joe Hooks RCAF evaded and ended up in Zeelst , hiding until the end of the war.
He was flown back to the UK and died in 1953.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=LK885&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three pagr 28.
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1944 | LV783 | 51 Sqn RAF | 6 | Moelingen, Voeren, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 2 May 1944 | MZ593 | 51 Sqn RAF | 4 | Koolskamp, Ardooie, West Flanders | |
w/o |
| 2 February 1945 | MZ487 | 51 Sqn RAF | 6 | Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Apr-2010 00:57 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2010 02:18 | cvdleeuw | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2010 06:01 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2020 17:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2022 12:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 16-May-2023 01:26 | redsix | Updated [[Location]] |
| 16-May-2023 18:38 | Anon. | Updated [[[Location]]] |
| 27-May-2023 20:52 | redsix | Updated [[[[Location]]]] |
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