ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49721
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 November 1944 |
| Time: | 20:58 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 424 (Tiger) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ376 |
| MSN: | QB-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Heerdstraat road, Sint Joost, Echt-Susteren, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire |
| Oberhausen |
Took off from RAF Skipton on Swale at 16:54 hrs for a bombing operation against Oberhausen in Germany.
Claim by Fw Hans-Eugene 4/NJG1 - Maastricht-Sittard area (NM) 2,300m at 20:48.
Crashed at Heerdstraat Echt.
Crew
Pilot: J/88163 Plt Off Avroy Jacobs RCAF - Nederweert War Cemetery Plot IV Row E Grave 11.
Flight Engineer: 1880548 Sgt Gordon Ernest Vernon - Nederweert War Cemetery Plot IV Row E Grave 12.
Navigator: J/37166 Fg Off James Fraser RCAF - Nederweert War Cemetery Plot IV Row C Grave 12.
Bomb Aimer: J/95158 Plt Off William James Cameron Gibson RCAF - Nederweert War Cemetery Plot IV Row C Grave 13.
Wireless Operator: J/95365 Plt Off Robert James Kay RCAF - Nederweert War Cemetery Plot IV Row D
Collective Grave 11-13.
Air Gunner: J/95475 Plt Off Walter Yunsko RCAF - Nederweert War Cemetery Plot IV Row D Collective Grave 11-13.
Air Gunner: R/196196 Flt Sgt Harold Wallace Botterill (USA) RCAF - Nederweert War Cemetery Plot IV Row D
Collective Grave 11-13.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five by Theo Boiten
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4605&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Images:
424 Squadron ORB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Sep-2021 15:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2022 13:18 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Narrative, Photo] |
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