ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234701
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1944 |
| Time: | 02:05 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW515 |
| MSN: | EY-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Culot, Bierbeek, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 21:43 hrs for an operation to Karlsruhe in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was attacked by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Gerhard Graefe of the 11./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+VY from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield. Both aircraft went down in the engagement, the Luftwaffe pilot being the only survivor.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Thomas Herbert Speller RAFVR 133029 (NCO:1168371 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 December, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alfred George Haywood RAFVR 1810699 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Henry John Kadwill RAFVR 136955 (NCO:1392931 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 March, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Lieutenant Angus Dalrymple RAFVR 112765 (NCO:1062762 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 January, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Frederick Roy Nicholls RAFVR 1602187 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant George Edward Creer RAFVR 951791 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Richard Line RAFVR 1583771 [Killed]
All rest in Heverlee War Cemetery at Leuven in Vlaams-Brabant.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW515
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 April 1943 | HR659 | 78 Sqn RAF | 2 | Trier (Rheinland-Pfalz) |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2020 12:10 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2022 01:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 24-Apr-2024 06:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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