ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232996
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| Date: | Friday 5 January 1945 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk VII |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | NP759 |
| MSN: | QO-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lichtenhorst-Steimbke -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
| Hannover |
Aircraft exploded in mid air. Reports vary if damage was caused by flak or nightfighter.
5 of the crew bailed out safely. The pilot and one of the air gunners perished.
F/Lt. J. Sales, RCAF -- Pilot - KIA
Sgt. J. Dalton, RAF-- Flight Engineer - POW
F.O J. Marcille, RCAF-- Navigator -POW
F/Sgt. S. Aikens, RCAF-- Bomb Aimer - POW
W/O2 R. Young, RCAF-- Wireless Op/Air Gunner - POW
P/O C. McInnes, RCAF -- Air Gunner - KIA
F/Sgt. J. Charles, RCAF--POW - Air Gunner - POW
Sources:
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york44/np759.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=np759
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/Jan45/Jan5~645.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 February 1944 | LW597 | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF | 2 | near Frankenhofen, Ehingen, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2020 16:44 | tachel | Added |
| 16-Feb-2020 16:50 | tachel | Updated [Registration] |
| 16-Feb-2020 18:15 | tachel | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2022 05:23 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Aug-2022 13:17 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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