ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50555
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| Date: | Sunday 23 April 1944 |
| Time: | 01:30 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LV867 |
| MSN: | ZA-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Kanaal van Deurne, Helenaveen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne |
Took off from RAF Melbourne at 22:25 hrs for a bombing operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
With battle damage caused by Flak, the aircraft was partially abandoned, before being force-landed near the Kanaal van Deurne channel. Flt Sgt Smith RAAF was repatriated aboard the Arundel Castle on 6 February 1945. The circumstances leading to the awards won by Sqdn Ldr Trobe RAAF and Flt Sgt Mowatt RAAF are reported in Volume 4 Page 372.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Jack Hewson Trobe DFC RAAF Aus/416468[Evaded]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Kenneth Francis Hall Wright RAF 159515(NCO:1483522 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 November, 1943) [Evaded]
Navigator : Flying Officer Andre Adolphe Antoine Henri Jules Duchesnay DFC RCAF J/11502[Evaded]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer George William Fernyhough RAF 169205(NCO:1578832 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 January, 1944) [Evaded]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant R Gardner RAF 1380415[Evaded]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant William Mowatt DFM RAAF Aus/413637[PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Douglas Bruce Smith RAAF Aus/421054[PoW,confined in Hospital due injuries until repatriated]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3610&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.bhic.nl/index.php?id=13925&zoek=werk&helewoorden=0&id_zoek=10097
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 178.
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.bhic.nl/media/document/file/asten-verlieskaart-t3610-sglo.pdf&prev=search
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 March 1942 | W1044 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hemnefjorden, Hellandsjøen |  |
w/o |
| 7 September 1942 | W7767 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Apr-2014 20:12 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source] |
| 10-Jun-2016 11:29 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-Apr-2020 13:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2022 10:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Mar-2024 08:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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