ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50892
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 01:56 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 466 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | LV781 |
| MSN: | HD-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee near Harlingen, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield |
Took off from RAF Leconfield at 00:17 hrs, for an operation to aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Guido Krupinski of the 11./NJG 1 (based at the Leeuwarden and Bergen airfields), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
Five are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, while both air gunners are buried in Harlingen General Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer James Francisco Moran RAAF Aus/415168 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald Frederick Banks RAFVR 1755008 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Athol Neil Douglas McPhee RAAF Aus/412261 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Merton George Pepper RAAF Aus/423178 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Leslie Alexander Laver RAAF Aus/425449 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Gerald Edwin Brown RAFVR 1851490 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Edward Harper RAF 631720 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3424&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 92.
http://www.466and462squadrons.com/lv781.htm
http://www.raafdb.com/view_aircraft.asp?id=777
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/21482726/family-pay-tribute-to-war-hero/
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/11492926/wallet-of-wwii-pilot-returned-to-wa-family/
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem14.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jun-2016 17:27 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-Dec-2019 19:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2024 15:23 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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