ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51016
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| Date: | Saturday 22 January 1944 |
| Time: | 00:46 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LV774 |
| MSN: | MH-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | military range, Oldebroek, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Took off from RAF Snaith at 2004. Crashed on the Wehrmacht artillery range at Oldebroek (Gelderland).
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
Funeral service for those who dies were held on 25 January at Oldebroek General Cemetery.
Crew
Fg Off J A Price (KIA)
Plt Off J Lanaghan (KIA)
Flt Sgt D Entwistle (KIA)
Fg Off G B Pronger RCAF (KIA)
Sgt G J Bucknall (KIA)
Sgt M S Smith (POW)
Sgt J O'Sullivan (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3319&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/verliesregister/zoek-t-nummer.php?SGLO=T3319
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 43.
http://www.teunispats.nl/t3319.htm
http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/Halifax11302.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 November 1943 | HR726 | 51 Sqn RAF | 7 | forest at Berlin-Grunewald |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Nov-2014 18:41 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2016 20:43 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 18:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-Dec-2019 20:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2022 10:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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