ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228107
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| Date: | Friday 31 March 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LW618 |
| MSN: | ZL-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hohenroth, Bayern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Handley Page Halifax B.Mk.III LW618 (ZL-E) 427 (Lion) Squadron, RCAF: Written off (presumed destroyed) when went missing (Failed To Return). Presumed Shot down in the early hours of March 31 1944 Took off from RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire at 22:05 on the evening of 30 March 1944. Target: Nurnberg, Germany. No survivors among the seven crew, one of whom was Warrant Officer Class II (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Roy Bernard Beach RCAF, Service Number R/162352 His body was recovered and buried at Hanover War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany
Sources:
1. http://rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=zulauf&searchfield=lastname&type=all
2. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/18979-LW6181944-03-01.html
3. Flight Sergeant R B Beach RCAF: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2198134/beach,-roy-bernard/
4. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW618
5. Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Aug-2019 15:45 | tachel | Added |
| 27-Oct-2019 17:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2020 15:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 28-Jul-2023 08:24 | Nepa | Updated [[Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source]] |
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