ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162459
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| Date: | Saturday 29 January 1944 |
| Time: | 02:34 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD273 |
| MSN: | ZA-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kliplev moor, Aabenraa, Syddanmark -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:59 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Gerhard Raht of the 4./NJG 3, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Schleswig airfield in Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Arthur Sidney O'Connor RAFVR 984462 Killed
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant James Watters RAF 625304 Killed
Navigator : Flying Officer Vernon Lindsay Miles RCAF J/22210 Killed
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Gerald Andrew Twigge RCAF J/88703 : Commission Gazetted Friday 03 January, 1941) Killed
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Albert Mayes RAFVR 1078833 Killed
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Albert John William Saxty RAF 520481 Killed
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Thomas Kem Dudley RAFVR 1001732 Killed
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/1944009.shtml
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 March 1944 | LV881 | 10 Sqn RAF | 4 | Steinheim, Hungen, Hessen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Nov-2013 14:37 | gerard57 | Added |
| 25-Apr-2015 21:29 | Next | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 17-Dec-2019 12:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jan-2024 07:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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