ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267420
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| Date: | Saturday 4 November 1944 |
| Time: | 19:43 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LV771 |
| MSN: | NP-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wetten, Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lissett, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Took off at 17:37 hrs for an operation against Bochum.
Five minutes before bombing coned by 3./Flakscheinw. Abt. 399, hit by 3./gem. Flak Abt. 476, gem. Flak Abt. 491 and 1./schw. Flak Abt. 642, exploded and crashed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Nigel Bruce Carrall RAAF Aus/432117 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald Arthur Gorton RAF 1877467 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Donald James Taylor Marr RAFVR 163554 (NCO:1605750 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 April, 1944) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Robert MacPherson RAFVR 154743 (NCO:1682502 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 February, 1944) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer Terence James McGrath RAAF Aus/432441 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Charles Wood RAF 1812663 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Horace Lindsay RAFVR 1869698 [Killed]
Those who perished rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LV771&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2021 09:52 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Apr-2024 19:14 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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