ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244302
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:31 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LV912 |
| MSN: | ZA-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1.5 km west of Schöppingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:11 hrs for a bombing operation against Bottrop.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Rolf Ebhardt of the 8./NJG 1, who had taken off from Twenthe (the Netherlands) in Bf 110 G-4 G9+ES.
Those who did not survive rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Neville Hadley RAFVR 177379 [Killed] (NCO:1213735 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 July, 1944)
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer Keith Herbert Freeman RAAF Aus/417472 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Maurice Flanagan RAFVR 179006 [Killed] (NCO:1160763 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 29 August, 1944)
Navigator : Flying Officer Trevor Rich RAFVR 147664 [Killed] (NCO:1177833 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 September, 1943)
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Peter James Mosley-Leigh RAFVR 1803621 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William Richard Tomlinson RAF 644438 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant A Grant RAF [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Paul Herman Brittain RCAF J/88448 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LV912
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 July 1942 | W1106 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Borkum island in Niedersachsen | |
mis |
| 28 August 1943 | JD368 | 10 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Haulchin, Hainaut |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Oct-2020 18:09 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-Oct-2020 18:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Jul-2023 07:09 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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