ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302788
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 May 1944 |
| Time: | 03:31. |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LK884 |
| MSN: | SE-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rance, Hainaut -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft |
| Haine-St-Pierre Railway Yards |
Took off from RAF Croft at 01:07.
Claim by Uffz Konrad Beyer 1/NJG4 - Charleroi-Nivelles area (PJ-OJ): 3,000m at 03:31.
Crashed Rance 26km South East of Mons Belgium.
Crew
Pilot: J/7760 Flt Lt Robert Frazer Mead (USA) RCAF - Gosselies Communal Cemetery Row 2 Collective Grave 29-31.
Flight Engineer: 1867802 Sgt Derek Vernon Guttridge - Gosselies Communal Cemetery Row 2 Collective Grave 29-31.
Navigator: J/425128 Plt Off Douglas Charles Crosthwaite RAAF - Gosselies Communal Cemetery Row 2 Collective Grave 29-31.
Bomb Aimer: J/21610 Fg Off Leslie Charles Edgar Webley RCAF - Gosselies Communal Cemetery Row 2 Collective Grave 29-31.
Wireless Operator: J/12046 Fg Off Adriano Richard Girolami RCAF - Gosselies Communal Cemetery Row 2 Collective Grave 29-31.
Air Gunner: J/90386 Plt Off Joseph Albert Bastien Ouimet RCAF - Gosselies Communal Cemetery Row 2 Collective Grave 29-31.
Air Gunner: J/90084 Plt Off Joseph Victor Jacques Gravel RCAF - Gosselies Communal Cemetery Row 2 Collective Grave 29-31.
Sources:
Personnel files of all RCAF crew members containing the official loss report
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=LK884
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK884&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 2 - Theo Boiten
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 February 1944 | LK705 | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Klelund plantation, Hovborg, Syddanmark |  |
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