ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50144
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| Date: | Tuesday 12 September 1944 |
| Time: | 13:45 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk VII |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | NP741 |
| MSN: | OW-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Weedeweg, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 11:31 for an operation to Wanne-Eickel, Herne (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany).
Hit by Flak. Fg Off Buck RCAF was critically injured and though he war taken immediately to a military Lazarett at Dordrecht, he died that same day. His grave is now in the Canadian section of Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery.
Crew
Fg Off P L Buck AFC RCAF (Inj/Later died of wounds)
Sgt H P Rose (PoW)
Fg Off R W Walter RCAF (PoW)
Fg Off W Sloan RCAF (PoW)
Flt Sgt P S Twynam (PoW)
Flt Sgt K J Dugdale RCAF (PoW)
Flt Sgt J M De Luca RCAF (PoW)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4015&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 418.
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Jul-2016 12:16 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jul-2016 05:46 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Jul-2016 05:46 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2018 12:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 03-Sep-2019 18:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2022 01:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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