ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49693
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| Date: | Saturday 4 November 1944 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK838 |
| MSN: | EY-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Siersdorf (Aldenhoven) - Setterich (Baesweiler), Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Took off at 17:30 hrs for a bombing operation against Bochum.
The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances.
Pilot / F/O. E.A. Love J/27205 RCAF / Venray War Cemetery (the Netherlands)
Flight Engineer / Sgt. G.F. Harding 1691596 RAF / Runnymede Memorial
Navigator / F/Sgt. C.D. Evans 1492815 RAF / Runnymede Memorial
Bomb Aimer / F/O. K.B. Brooks J/26706 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial CWGC: 28 Sqdn
Wireless Operator / F/Sgt. K.C. Collins R/206087 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial
Mid Upper Gunner / F/Sgt. N.F. Jodrell R/217129 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial
Rear Gunner / F/Sgt. A.J. Roach R/198169 RCAF / prisoner of war
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4634&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?11377-78-Sqn-Halifax-LK-838
http://www.rafinfo.org.uk/BCWW2Losses/1944.htm
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 September 1943 | JD454 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | München-Solln, Bayern | |
w/o |
| 8 June 1944 | MZ568 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Rue de Gournay, Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne 91 |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jun-2012 19:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2012 07:21 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2021 06:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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