ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50425
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| Date: | Thursday 1 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:05 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL276 |
| MSN: | NF-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kijkuit, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Mission - SOE operation (Osric 74).
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Feldwebel ‘Willi’ Morlock and his regular Funker Unteroffizier Soika of the 3./NJG 1, who were flying a Heinkel He 219 A-0 from Venlo airfield.
Pilot / W/O. H.F.G. Murray 1433884 RAF / Bergen op Zoom cemetery; grave 3 A 8
Flight Engineer / Sgt. T. McCluskey 1832010 RAF / Bergen op Zoom cemetery; grave 3 A 9
Navigator / F/O. L.J. Solomon 143837 RAF / Bergen op Zoom cemetery; grave 3 A 1-3
Navigator / F/O. J. Pearcey J/20972 RCAF / prisoner of war
Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. L.P. Notton 1416687 RAF / prisoner of war
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. F. Stead 1432844 RAF / prisoner of war
Rear Gunner / Sgt. A.P. Cliff-McCulloch 1825003 RAF / Bergen op Zoom cemetery; grave 3 A 1-3
Air Despatcher / Sgt. R. Robinson 2209379 RAF / Bergen op Zoom cemetery; grave 3 A 1-3
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3751&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?24275-Claims-31-May-1-June-1944
http://www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Aircraft-lost-on-Allied-Forces-Special-Duty-Operations.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Aug-2019 16:20 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Operator, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2019 16:20 | harro | Updated [Country] |
| 06-Aug-2019 16:23 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 03-Oct-2020 18:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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