ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267306
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 November 1944 |
| Time: | 20:41 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 425 (Alouette) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LW379 |
| MSN: | KW-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Labbeck, Sonsbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Took off at 16:56 hrs for an operation against Oberhausen in NRW.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by Leutnant Kurt Matzak of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had become airborne from Dortmund-Brackel at 20:07 hrs in Bf 110 G-4 G9+OZ.
One of the gunners did not survive. Flt Sgt Joseph William Savoie rests in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/dugas-mj.html
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2021 17:39 | TigerTimon | Added |
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