ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234703
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1944 |
| Time: | 02:30 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 192 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW622 |
| MSN: | DT-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Heirbaan, Haasdonk, Beveren, East Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Foulsham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 22:47 hrs for a “Special duty flight to Karlsruhe”.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had left St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Bf 110 G-4 G9+DF at 00:12 hrs.
All eight crew members rest at Schoonselhof Cemetery in Antwerpen.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Charles William Cyril Crowdy RCAF J/25101 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Donald Parkin RAFVR 1592560 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Leslie Lloyd Mortimer RCAF J/24033 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Thomas Harold Elliott RCAF J/90281 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Frederick William Morris RCAF J/90364 [Killed]
Special Equipment Operator : Flight Sergeant Maurice Charles Alfred Wilmer RAFVR 1810273 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Peter Horace Gordon Vincent RCAF R/197679 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Francis Etienne RCAF R/203265 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW622
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2020 13:12 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Apr-2020 13:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 26-Jun-2022 21:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 24-Apr-2024 08:13 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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