ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214202
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 August 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JD257 |
| MSN: | VR-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Richard Launer of the 1./NJG 6, flying a Bf 110 from Schleissheim or Mainz-Finthen airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:47
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Michael Thomas Robert Ludlow RCAF J/22787 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Leslie Scott RAFVR 1346099 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Alexander Stewart Maclaren RCAF R/127864 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Charles Austin Wright RCAF J/21828 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Clarence Reginald Smyth RCAF R/116935 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Douglas Raymond See RCAF R/139715 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant William Daniel De Molitor RCAF R/88357 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD257
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 September 1943 | JD457 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Gillenbeuren, Rheinland-Pfalz (claim location) | |
w/o |
| 3 October 1943 | JB967 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England |  |
w/o |
| 22 November 1943 | LW231 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | woods at the hamlet of Oude Willem, Drenthe |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2018 08:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 10-Oct-2018 13:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 09-Aug-2023 07:10 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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