ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49586
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| Date: | Thursday 30 November 1944 |
| Time: | 20:00 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ314 |
| MSN: | AL-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wijffelterbroek - Altweerterheide; Weert, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Took off at 16:43 hrs for a bombing operation against Duisburg in Germany.
The Halifax plane collided over the Netherlands with Halifax NR193. All fourteen occupants of both planes died in the crash.
All seven crew members of MZ314 rest in the Groesbeek RCAF cemetery:
Pilot P/O. G.W. Clarke J/86980 RCAF
Flight Engineer Sgt. L.J. Fry 1895898 RAF
Navigator P/O. C.W.F. Short J/91067 RCAF
Bomb Aimer P/O. F.W. Manchip J/89367 RCAF
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner P/O. G.L. Parè J/92716 RCAF
Mid Upper Gunner F/Sgt. S.McC. Ogilvie R/221522 RCAF
Rear Gunner F/Sgt. R.F. Nimmo R/222102 RCAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4758&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/81540/Monument-Halifaxen-MZ314-en-NR193.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Aug-2018 13:15 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2021 21:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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