ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51587
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| Date: | Sunday 25 July 1943 |
| Time: | 23:54 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HR864 |
| MSN: | LQ-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Thesinge and Ten Boer, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Lodge, England |
Crew were 405 Squadron, pathfinders code LQ-'M. Squadron nickname "Vancouver"
Fatalities are the following: WOII Clifford Kettley, P/O Michael Smyth, F/O Marcel Tomczak, F/S Edward Kenneth White R150887 of RCAF (my relative), Sgt Albert Wood, F/O Alexander McCracken.
F/O Alexander Sochowski survived and was taken POW.
The aircraft was attacked by a night fighter (a Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 piloted by Oberleutnant Paul Zorner of the 3./NJG 3, flying from Vechta airfield, Germany) over the Netherlands, two engines were hit and caught fire, F/O Sochowski bailed out before the aircraft exploded and crashed on farm land belonging to farmer Oudman, Bovenrijgerweg just west of Ten Boer. The crew are buried together at Ten Boer Protestant Cemetery.
Takeoff time: 21:46
Crew:
Pilot F/O. M.E. Tomczak J/21899 RCAF Ten Boer 26
Flight engineer Sgt. A.J. Wood 641465 RAF Ten Boer 26
Navigator F/O. A.P. McCracken J/14192 RCAF Ten Boer 26
Bomb aimer F/Lt. A.J. Sochowski J/20161 RCAF Survived POW
Wireless op W/O II C.J.V. Kettley R/97604 RCAF Ten Boer 25
Air gunner P/O. M.S. Smyth J/18088 RCAF Ten Boer 27
Air gunner F/Sgt. E.K.E. White R/150887 RCAF Ten Boer 24
Sources:
http://www.basher82.nl/Data/tenboer/white.htm
Also from my family
Canadian database
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2689&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Images:
Gransden Lodge, England.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Mar-2012 13:44 | tiger12 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jul-2018 17:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2018 16:49 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 14-Jun-2022 10:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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