ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 191754
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| Date: | Monday 11 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 578 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL584 |
| MSN: | LK-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gierle, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Burn, UK |
| Gelsenkirchen |
Took off from RAF Burn at 15:49.
Hit by Flak and crashed at Gierle
Engaged by small arms fire, losing the use of the port engines. Abandoned at 4,000 feet 15 km ENE of Antwerpen, Belgium. WO Wood was captured while attempting to evade but before his captors could transfer him to Germany, they themselves were made prisoner by the rapidly advancing
Allied Army.
Crew
Pilot: 1316023 WO D L Wood - (See above)
Flight Engineer: 1830460 Sgt E O Williams - Evaded
Navigator: A/434664 Flt Sgt S T Sloane RAAF - Evaded
Bomb Aimer: 1436082 Sgt R G Dickerson - Evaded
Wireless Operator: 434073 Flt Sgt G J Woodgate - Evaded
Mid Upper Gunner: 1595705 Sgt Joseph Walter Archer - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzburg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 881.
Rear Gunner: 1595345 Sgt D Cooper - Evaded
Sources:
http://www.planehunters.be/halifax-ll584-2/
http://www.luchtvaarterfgoed.be/content/monument-bemanningen-drie-bommenwerpers-een-jager
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 July 1944 | LK834 | 578 Sqn RAF | 7 | Balkholme, 4 miles NE of Goole in Yorkshire |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Nov-2016 16:05 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 18:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Nov-2022 06:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Jul-2023 18:59 | Anon. | Updated [[Location]] |
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