ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52283
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| Date: | Friday 22 October 1943 |
| Time: | 19:58 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LK959 |
| MSN: | ZL-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ostaaijen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Hit by the 2.-4./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 594.
Takeoff time: 17:36
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. W.J. Weston C/22671 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 23 C 1
Co-Pilot F/Sgt. J.O.A. Lapointe R/136601 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 23 C 1
Flight engineer Sgt. P.H. Maulding 575342 RAF Bergen op Zoom 23 C 1
Navigator F/O. C.E. Oakley 143878 RAF Bergen op Zoom 23 C 2
Bomb aimer P/O. E.T. McDermott J/19392 RCAF Bergen op zoom RCAF 10 C 7
Wireless op Sgt. S.H. Hopson 1386575 RAF Bergen op Zoom 23 C 1
Air gunner F/Sgt. W.G. Crain R/143665 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 23 C 1
Air gunner F/Sgt. G.E. Aitken R/127496 RCAF Bergen op zoom RCAF 10 C 6
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3023&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 January 1944 | LL139 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 7 | 3 km east of Unseburg, Sachsen-Anhalt |  |
w/o |
| 31 March 1944 | LV898 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 8 | Herhahn, 4 km NNW of Schleiden | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Oct-2018 15:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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