ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231735
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 03:20 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LV816 |
| MSN: | EY-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Stendal, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 00:13 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Sachsen.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was damaged by the night fighter pilots Hauptmann Werner Hoffmann of the Stab I./NJG 5 (who was flying Bf 110 G-4 C9+AB from Döberitz airfield in Brandenburg) and by Oberleutnant Martin Becker of the 2./NJG 6, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 2Z+MB from Stendal airfield), respectively.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Brian Denman RAF 50231 (NCO:572837 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 05 January, 1943) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant William Allen Lea RAF 1451805 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Edward Henry Glibbery RAFVR 1615064 [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer Robert Grainger Messer RAFVR 162854 (NCO:1368793 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 January, 1944) [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Edward Marshall Wells RAF 141335 (NCO:1604410 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 May, 1943) [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer William Shelton Wilson RCAF J/12971 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Herbert Frank Kelter RCAF J/86404 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Emmitt Francis McAneeley RCAF R/128424 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LV816
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Dec-2019 20:15 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Dec-2019 20:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2019 20:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2024 12:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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