ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49686
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| Date: | Saturday 4 November 1944 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ772 |
| MSN: | DY-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Laurensberg, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Took off at 17:41 hrs for a bombing operation against Bochum.
The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances.
Pilot / F/O. A.C. Cameron AUS415923 RAAF / Hotton War Cemetery (Belgium)
Flight Engineer / Sgt. T. Jones 3010723 RAF / Hotton War Cemetery (Belgium)
Navigator / F/O. R.F. Hudson 156283 RAF / Hotton War Cemetery (Belgium)
Bomb Aimer / F/O. M.P. Frobisher 153321 RAF / Hotton War Cemetery (Belgium)
Wireless Operator / F/O. E. Bolton 157916 RAF / Hotton War Cemetery (Belgium)
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. J.M. Wilby 1595172 RAF / Hotton War Cemetery (Belgium)
Rear Gunner / Sgt. E.C.M. Swart 1486325 RAF / Overloon War Cemetery (the Netherlands) / Initially buried at Margraten, in 1947 re-interred at Overloon.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4644&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1942 | W7654 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 6 | Missing |  |
w/o |
| 9 September 1942 | W7677 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | Rambrouch, 18km WSW of Ettelbruck. |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | JD144 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | Failon, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 4 July 1943 | BB428 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | near Winterscheid, 7 NM WNW Prüm, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Sep-2021 07:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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