ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50289
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:45 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ312 |
| MSN: | ZA-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wijk en Aalburg, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne |
Took off from RAF Melbourne at 23:06 hrs for a bombing operation against Bottrop in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinz Misch of the 7./NJG 2, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 G-1 from Volkel airfield. He noted in his Leistungsbuch about his 48th Feindflug: “Following SN-2 contact, delivered one attack from behind at height of 4000 m, causing fire in right-hand wing, violent crash fire observed at 01.45 hrs in Grid Square KL”.
Shrapnel from the burst killed Sgt Tough, crashed roughly 01:45 hrs at Wijk en Aalburg. Sgt Tough is buried in the general cemetery at Wijk en Aalburg:
Fg Off A H G Bond (PoW)
Sgt C Bird (PoW)
Flt Sgt R Ayton (PoW)
Fg Off G L Williams (PoW)
Sgt A Lowrey (PoW)
Flt sgt K W Pope (PoW)
Sgt F Tough (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3876&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1944 Page 339.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 February 1942 | L9619 | 10 Sqn RAF | 0 | Ashgill Side at Keld, North Yorkshire, England |  |
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| 14 February 1943 | DT788 | 10 Sqn RAF | 1 | NNW of Venlo, Limburg | |
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| 18 November 1943 | HX190 | 10 Sqn RAF | 6 | 'Champ La Prêle', municipality Rapsécourt, Marne, Grand Est |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Jun-2016 12:19 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Oct-2020 19:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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