ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232327
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
| Time: | 23:35 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW657 |
| MSN: | MP-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Heslach, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:14 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart.
Over the city, the aircraft was shot down in the combined fire of heavy Flak and Wilde Sau pilot Unteroffizier Gerhard Koch of the 1./JG 301 (based at Neubiberg airfield in Bayern), who was flying a Bf 109G.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Allan Jones RCAF J/19642 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Norman Hedges RAFVR 1604542 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Roland Golding RAFVR 1481558 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Class II Lloyd George Scott RCAF R/161591 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 28 December, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant John Raymond Quicke RAFVR 1320468 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Charles Walter Robson RAFVR 1293713 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant David Arthur Bean RAFVR 1891083 [Killed].
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW657
Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg301.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 April 1942 | R9484 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Oer-Erkenschwick, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 30 May 1942 | W1065 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Gennevilliers - Hauts-de-Seine département |  |
w/o |
| 26 June 1942 | W7747 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 12 August 1943 | DK240 | 76 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Bernay, Eure | |
w/o |
| 26 November 1943 | LK903 | 76 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Erbach, Eltville am Rhein, Hessen | |
w/o |
| 22 January 1944 | LL185 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea W of Walcheren, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
| 23 June 1944 | LW620 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | 10 miles WSW of Beverley, Yorks |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2020 16:14 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Mar-2024 07:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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