ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234165
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| Date: | Sunday 25 March 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 415 (Swordfish) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ907 |
| MSN: | 6U-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Wulfen, Dorsten, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 07:53 hrs for an operation to Münster in Nordrhein-Westfalen & failed to return.
Pilot F/O. J.R. McCollum J/41476 RCAF / Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Flight Engineer Sgt. S.W. Lowe 1818319 RAF / Groesbeek RCAF cemetery in the Netherlands
Navigator Sgt. R.M. Aylesworth J/42769 RCAF / prisoner of war
Bomb Aimer P/O. R.A. Paul J/95472 RCAF / Groesbeek RCAF cemetery in the Netherlands / murdered
Wireless Operator F/Sgt. A.N. Knight R/152398 RCAF / prisoner of war
Air Gunner P/O. L.W. Brennan J/95242 RCAF / Groesbeek RCAF cemetery in the Netherlands / murdered
Air Gunner P/O. J.M. Jones J/95350 RCAF / Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=MZ907
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5434B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Mar-2020 09:04 | TigerTimon | Added |
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