ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162315
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 1944 |
| Time: | 02:40 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ506 |
| MSN: | QO-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Ruisseau du Cossasies river at Moncé-en-Belin, Sarthe -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
| le Mans |
Take off at 00:10 hrs for an operation against a railroad yard in Le Mans, France.
Hit by 6/gem Flak Abt 596 and 2 & 4/lei Flak Abt 955. Crashed 3km South of le Mans airfield at 02:40.
WOII Desmarais RCAF was attached from 419 Squadron at RAF Middleton St George.
Crew
Pilot: J/87624 Plt Off Stephen Kuleski RCAF - le Mans West Cemetery Plot 38 1939-45 Row C
Collective Grave 38-42.
Flight Engineer: 1851892 Sgt Edward Derek Horton - le Mans West Cemetery Plot 38 1939-45 Row C Collective Grave 38-42.
Navigator: J/25198 Fg Off Walter Henry Matthews RCAF - le Mans West Cemetery Plot 38 1939-45 Row C Collective Grave 38-42.
Bomb Aimer: J/25198 Plt Off Bruce Stanley Richmond RAAF - le Mans West Cemetery Plot 38
1939-45 Row C Grave 33.
Wireless Operator: J/88152 Plt Off Joseph Eugene Gerard Desmarais RCAF - le Mans West
Cemetery Plot 38 1939-45 Row C Grave 34.
Air Gunner: J/88414 Plt Off Eric Patrick Boutilier RCAF - le Mans West Cemetery Plot 38 1939-45 Row C Grave 29.
Air Gunner: J/90949 Plt Off Michael Wiwsianski RCAF - le Mans West Cemetery Plot 38 1939-45 Row C Grave 43.
Air Gunner: J/90054 Plt Off Wallace Watson Crum RCAF - le Mans West Cemetery Plot 38 1939-45 Row C Collective Grave 38-42.
Sources:
http://www.calgaryjournal.ca/index.php/calgaryvoices/1816-the-final-flight-of-halifax-mz-506
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three - Theo Boiten
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1258
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2013 11:04 | gerard57 | Added |
| 23-Feb-2014 18:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-May-2015 18:37 | Digger | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2016 15:00 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 11-Feb-2018 20:40 | tachel | Updated [Operator] |
| 11-Oct-2018 19:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-Jun-2021 08:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jun-2021 08:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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