ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212993
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
| Time: | 23:37 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LW426 |
| MSN: | PT-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Neuhausen auf Den Fildern, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tholthorpe |
Takeoff at 19:08 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Karl Floitgraf of the Stab II./NJG 102, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Echterdingen airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Douglas Hector Calder RCAF J/21935 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Clarence Irving Elsley RCAF J/19653 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Parker Dunbar RCAF R/171746 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Charles Alexander Ritchie RCAF J/85789 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Robert Harold Jackson RCAF J/21170 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Peter Edwin Bethell RAFVR 1336195 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Wilbert Henry Oliver Heidman RCAF J/90753 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Roy Lee RAFVR 1835870 [Killed]
The eight crew members rest at Durnbach War Cemetery.
Sources:
Combat report on Veterans Affairs Canada page http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2102957
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://ww2.dk/air/njagd/njg102.htm
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jul-2018 14:06 | tachel | Added |
| 18-Aug-2018 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Oct-2018 20:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Jan-2020 17:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2024 07:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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