ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234757
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| Date: | Thursday 27 April 1944 |
| Time: | 02:00 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX326 |
| MSN: | ZA-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:01 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Josef Ströhlein of the 2./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Clifford Arthur Lawrence Allen RAFVR 148787 (NCO:1193008 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 31 August, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant W T P Weare RAF 1607656 [Evaded]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Cyril William Hagerty RAFVR 1394214 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Andrew Gillespie Hendry RAFVR 141570 (NCO:1550541 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 June, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant David Bruce Cooper RAF 778207 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Charles Duerden RAFVR 2204002 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Walter Stanley Jones RCAF J/89252 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HX326
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 July 1942 | W1056 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Bergen, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 23 September 1943 | HR924 | 10 Sqn RAF | 0 | abandoned near Patrington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Apr-2020 20:12 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Apr-2020 20:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2024 06:25 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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