ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50553
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| Date: | Sunday 23 April 1944 |
| Time: | 02:30 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 640 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW640 |
| MSN: | C8-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Laarstraat road, Someren, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, Yorkshire |
Took off from RAF Leconfield at 22:48 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
Probably, the aircraft was damaged by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz Rökker of the 2./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 from Langensalza airfield in Germany.
The Halifax crashed at Someren in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant, a small town 11 km SSE of Helmond. Funeral services for those who died were held at Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery on 26 April, but since 1945 the body of the single RCAF member of the crew, Fg Off Jackson, has been taken to Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery:
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Colin Frederick Penfold DFC RNZAF NZ/414335 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Bazalgette Osbourn DFM RAF 47417 (NCO:528527 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 January, 1942) [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Edward Colin Duffy RAFVR 1583091 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Duncan John Jackson RCAF J/21979 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Stanley Robert Chafer RAFVR 1322729 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer James Edward Hanks RAFVR 159005 (NCO:1576577 : Commission Gazetted Wednesday 03 November, 1943) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Hugh Barret RAFVR 1277169 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Joseph James Lovett RAF 624950 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3616&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 183.
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://gravenstichtingbrabant.nl/graven/edward-colin-duffy/&prev=search
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Jun-2016 12:39 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-Apr-2020 12:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2024 07:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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