ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50551
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1944 |
| Time: | 03:34 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 425 (Alouette) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ573 |
| MSN: | KW-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oosterschelde, NE of Krabbendijke, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tholthorpe |
Took off from RAF Tholthorpe at 21:35 hrs for an operation to Karlsruhe in Germany.
Homeward-bound, and while maintaining course at 16,000 feet, was attacked from below by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Modrow & Unteroffizier Schneider of the 2./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield at 02:05 hrs for a 'Himmelbett' patrol in 'Raum Hamster', in He 219 A-0 G9+GK.
The crew abandoned the aircraft and the Halifax fell into the Oosterschelde. F/Sgt. Boucher RCAF lies in the Canadian section of Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery. Plt Off Hunt RCAF was flying as nose gunner.
Pilot P/O. J.R. Wells J/19624 RCAF / prisoner of war
Flight Engineer Sgt. J.Q. Railton 1864895 RAF / prisoner of war
Navigator F/Sgt. H.R. Mooney J/85718 RCAF / prisoner of war
Bomb Aimer F/Lt. C. Maddin J/16776 RCAF / prisoner of war
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. W.B. Walker 656931 RAF / prisoner of war
Air Gunner Sgt. P.G. Draper R/150220 RCAF / evaded capture
Air Gunner F/Sgt. G.J. Boucher R/177835 RCAF Bergen op Zoom RCAF cemetery; grave 12 F 7 / washed up 20th of May
Nose Gunner P/O. S.G. Hunt J/28785 RCAF / prisoner of war
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3621&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 188.
https://425alouette.wordpress.com/category/gerald-boucher/
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://wingstovictory.nl/database/database_detail-du.php%3Fwtv_id%3D382&prev=search
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 March 1945 | PN172 | 425 (Alouette) Sqn RCAF | 1 | NW of Gosselies , Hainaut |  |
w/o |
| 19 March 1945 | MZ482 | 425 (Alouette) Sqn RCAF | 6 | near Ciney, 14 km ENE of Dinant, Namur | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Jun-2016 16:31 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2018 17:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Apr-2020 10:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 10:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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