ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52049
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| Date: | Saturday 3 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:20 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DT808 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | De Lijnbraak, Vierlingsbeek, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Werner Streib of the Stab I/NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+DB from Venlo airfield.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: LQ-V
Takeoff time: 19:58
Crew:
Pilot W/O II W.J. McAlpine R/93277 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 F 9-10
Flight engineer Sgt. H.J. McQueen R/10748 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 F 7 (21 years old)
Navigator W/O II J.D. White R/91819 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 F 10 (21 years old)
Bomb aimer F/Lt. F.E. Luxford J/15434 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 F 13 (29 years old)
Wo ag W/O J.W. Halikowski R/95419 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 16 F 8 (21 years old)
Air gunner P/O. E. Bradley J/90044 RCAF Survived pow
Air gunner F/Lt. W.L. Murphy J/15166 RCAF Survived pow
R.I.P.
They are all buried at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2167&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.bhic.nl/neergestorte-vliegtuigen-in-vierlingsbeek-1940-1945
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Sep-2014 11:10 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2014 11:39 | gerard57 | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 10-Sep-2014 11:43 | gerard57 | Updated [Time] |
| 12-Feb-2015 14:09 | Lotos | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 24-May-2015 20:26 | Z. Zeeland | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Apr-2018 14:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2018 16:49 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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