ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231737
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 03:15 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LK993 |
| MSN: | AL-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zienau, Gardelegen, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:16 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Sachsen.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a Bf 110 G-4 night fighter, either flown by Oberleutnant Paul Zorner of the 8./NJG 3, who was flying D5+FS from Lüneburg airfield in Niedersachsen.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Jack Bowen RAFVR 122988 (NCO:741483 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 June, 1942) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Clifford Battison Murray RCAF J/87658 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 December, 1940) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Maurice Edward Bridewell RAFVR 1394634 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Henry Francis Blackman RAFVR 134380 (NCO:1322221 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 January, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Albert Carmen Forsyth RCAF J/19817 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Anderson Brown RAFVR 1367292 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Milton Ray Smoke RCAF R/169663 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Patrick Anthony Gilfeather RAFVR 1371853 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/bowen-jack.html
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Dec-2019 20:27 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Aug-2020 09:35 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2024 13:09 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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