ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51233
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| Date: | Friday 19 November 1943 |
| Time: | 20:24 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LK956 |
| MSN: | NA-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | hamlet Olen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, Durham |
Severely damaged by Flak near Bonn and hit by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Paul Förster of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield. The crew eventually abandoned the aircraft.
Target: Leverkusen, Germany
Takeoff time: 16:06
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. H.C. Shepherd R/149169 RCAF Survived evader, POW (Brussel 26 Jan 44)
Flight engineer Sgt. J.M.C. Walker 1800506 RAF Survived POW
Navigator F/O. D.R. Knight J/20399 RCAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. D.K. MacGillivray RCAF Survived evader
Wireless op Sgt. S.J. Stevens 1315830 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. S. Munns RAF Survived evader
Air gunner Sgt. N.H. Michie RCAF Survived evader
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=LK956&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Nov-2018 09:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 08:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 08:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 11:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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