ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243456
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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:03 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ623 |
| MSN: | MP-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 10 km. E of Turnhout, -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire |
| Aachen Railway Yards |
Takeoff at 22:41 hrs for an operation against Aachen in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was engaged by Leutnant Heinz Rolland of the 12./NJG 1 (who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield) and by Oberleutnant Adolf Kaiser of the 1./NJG 2 (who was flying Ju 88 R-2 4R+BH from Eindhoven airfield in the Netherlands). In the end, it was engaged by a Flak unit. Victory credited to Rolland, his 5th.
Crew
Pilot: 1378127 WO Frank Bishop - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzberg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 4.
Flight Engineer: 1717384 Sgt Walter Thomas Mays - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzberg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 37.
Navigator: 135369 Fg Off Ian Hardy Greer - Admitted to hospital due to his injuries/Stalag Luft III Sagan & Belaria Stalag Luft IIIa Luckenwalde/PoW Number?
Bomb Aimer: 1552248 Flt Sgt Arthur Morris Rea - Evaded. See Link below
Wireless Operator: 1503275 Flt Sgt William Cliff - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzberg Upper Silesia/Stalag Luft IIIa Luckenwalde/PoW Number 11.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1213115 Sgt Jack Danes - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzberg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 15.
Rear Gunner: 2208871 Sgt Charles Cassidy - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzberg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 9.
https://www-evasioncomete-be.translate.goog/fraeam.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three, page 024.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=MZ623
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd' (Eindhoven)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 December 1942 | BB242 | 76 Sqn RAF | 2 | Courouvre, Meuse département |  |
w/o |
| 6 September 1943 | EB240 | 76 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Ford, Sussex, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2020 16:56 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 16-May-2023 01:37 | redsix | Updated [[Location]] |
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