ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50461
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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:18 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX320 |
| MSN: | NP-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eindhoven-St. Trond area, Noord Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lissett |
Took off from RAF Lissett at 22:44 hrs for an operation against Aachen in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter from 9,000 feet, crashing at Lieshout (Noord-Brabant), 6 km NW of Helmond, Holland.
The attacker was probably Oberleutnant Johannes Werth of the Stab/NJG 2, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 from Deelen airfield. This was Werth's 5th credited victory.
Six of the seven crew were (eventually) taken prisoner of war:
Plt Off M V Lawrence RCAF (POW)
Plt Off R P Freeman (POW)
Fg Off R D MacFayden RCAF (evader, POW (was arrested 8th July at Tilburg))
Fg Off J B O'Hara RCAF (POW)
Flt Sgt R Barnes (Evaded)
Sgt W J Christie (evader, POW (was arrested 27th June at Antwerp))
Sgt R E Stubbs (evader, POW (was arrested 26th June at Wuustwezel, Belgium))
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3715&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 241.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 July 1943 | HR941 | 158 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Füsing, Schaalby, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 22 November 1943 | HR977 | 158 Sqn RAF | 6 | Groß Berßen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jun-2016 19:39 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 20:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 28-Sep-2020 19:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Sep-2020 19:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2020 17:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-May-2023 07:36 | resix | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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