ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177144
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| Date: | Friday 24 March 1944 |
| Time: | 22:59 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LW593 |
| MSN: | QO-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Höhnstedt, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
Took off from RAF East Moor at 19:08 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was damaged by Oberleutnant Heinrich Schneider of the 10./NJG 5 (who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Erfurt-Bindersleben airfield in Thüringen) and hit by a heavy Flak barrage before it crashed.
Those who perished are buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery:
Plt Off J. McIntosh RCAF– (POW)
Sgt W. King RAF (KIA)
Fg Off A. Small RCAF –(POW)
Plt Off R. Elvin RCAF– (POW)
Plt Off C. Schell RCAF –(POW)
Plt Off L. Bandle RCAF (KIA)
Plt Off A. De Dauw RCAF (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW593
Google Maps
http://www.network54.com/Forum/261665/thread/1109457437/last-1109855390/Halifax+crash+near+Berlin
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 135.
https://www.backtonormandy.org/maps/maps-1944/march-44/213-overview-day-by-day-1944-03/3007-25-03-44.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2015 11:58 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Dec-2015 18:17 | Froome | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2016 19:03 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2018 20:40 | tachel | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-Jun-2018 09:33 | ehren69 | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 11-Oct-2018 19:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-Apr-2020 11:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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