ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210404
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1943 |
| Time: | 00:50 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JB904 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Quendorf, GB, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Lodge, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wolfgang Thimmig of the Stab III./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+BR from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: LQ-E
Takeoff time: 21:50
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Watt Lennox RCAF J/16481 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ambrose Arthur Albert Adlam RAF 626241 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Austin Townsend Knight RAF 1384356 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Joseph James Barnet Graham RAF 124317 (NCO:1537941 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 29 September, 1942) [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Francis Vivian Roberts RAF 1288940 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Joseph Laurent Prieur RCAF R/108161 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Bernard Moody RAFVR 1087282 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=405
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-May-2018 14:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 13-Oct-2018 16:49 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2022 07:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Jun-2022 09:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 25-Jun-2022 04:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 03-May-2024 07:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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