ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305632
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| Date: | Friday 5 January 1945 |
| Time: | 19:44 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 425 (Alouette) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ860 |
| MSN: | KW-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 km east of Stolzenau, Lower Saxony, on the bank of the Weser river -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tholthorpe |
Took off at at 16h23. Shot down by Hptm Werner Baake of Stab 1./NJG 1
5 of the crew were interned as POW, the other 2 were murdered by the SS.
Sources:
Personnel files of the RCAF crew members containing the loss report and murder investigation results from DND/Archives Canada and RCAF wartime microfilms.
https://aircrewremembered.com/cauchy-j-t-r.html
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=mz860&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2074659
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2075122
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