ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 279935
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| Date: | Friday 2 February 1945 |
| Time: | 23:49 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk VII |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | NP704 |
| MSN: | QO-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Düsseldorf-Reisholz, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 20:13 hrs for an operation against Wanne-Eickel at Herne.
Shot down by Hauptmann Gerhard Raht of Stab I./NJG 2, flying Ju 88 G-6 4R+AB from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant George Homer Thomson RCAF C/20733 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Robert George Earl Silver RCAF J/95489 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Harry Bloch RCAF J/35755 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer John Thomas Robinson RCAF J/40685 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 24 May, 1938) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Arthur Malcolm Jones RCAF J/95346 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Roy Ronald Vallier RCAF J/95502 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer William Henry Haryett RCAF J/95276 [Killed]
All seven rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=NP704&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 March 1945 | RG475 | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF | 8 | North of Walton-on-Maze |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jul-2022 09:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 02-Feb-2024 07:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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