ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232067
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| Date: | Thursday 2 March 1944 |
| Time: | 04:04 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW629 |
| MSN: | MP-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | behind 21 Rue de Novion, Celles-sur-Plaine, Vosges (88), Grand Est -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:29 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Gerhard Friedrich of the 1./NJG 6, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Mainz-Finthen airfield in Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Hiram Tom Davies RAFVR 1388039 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Albert Fenwick RAFVR 996901 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Charles William Jackson RAF 1433366 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Ronald Barnard Basford RAFVR 1580529 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Albert Drake RAFVR 1049379 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant George Dalgetty Greenhill RAFVR 1567926 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Kenneth George Wilson RAFVR 1603668 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW629
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=980
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 July 1943 | DK187 | 76 Sqn RAF | 8 | North Sea 55 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2020 21:28 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-Mar-2024 08:19 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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