ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231321
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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
| Time: | 23:24 approx |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LL176 |
| MSN: | ZL-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 km north of Glöthe, Staßfurt, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 20:00 hrs for an operation to Magdeburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.
The aircraft was set on fire by a Ju 88 C-6 night fighter (call sign D5+IP) in the hands of Feldwebel Rudolf Frank of the 6./NJG 3 who had taken off from Schleswig airfield. After that, it was subjected to several attacks by Bf 109 G-6 SO+XT flown by Leutnant Manfred Dieterle of the 3./JG 300 who had taken off from Bonn-Hangelar airfield in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Robert Norman Weir RCAF R/152759 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Ivor Jones RAFVR 1836046 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Vincent Maurice Warwick RCAF J/22590 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Eion Lloyd Mackeigan RCAF J/25355 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William Thomas Morgan RAFVR 1413306 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Charles Patrick Ryan RAFVR 2220652 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Raphael Nicholas Lehman RCAF R/190501 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LL176
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2019 16:43 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Dec-2019 17:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2023 16:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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