Squadron: 405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1944-01-02
Completion Date: 1944-01-02
Mission: Bombing
Operation: Battle of Berlin
Target City: Berlin Germany
Target Specific:
Base: Gransden Lodge
Take Off Time: 00.23
Squadron Code: LQ K
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Nieuw Schoonebeek (Drenthe) in the commune of Schoonebeek, Holland
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
Used by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF at Gransden Lodge, UK, coded "LQ*K". Failed to return from operation over Berlin on 2 January 1944. Shot down en route to target by night-fighter flown by Lt Friedrich Potthast, 1V./NJG1, crashing 02:10 at Nieuw Schoonebeek (Drenthe) in the commune of Schoonebeek, Holland. 7 crew killed, including pilot Flying Officer T.H. Donnelly, all buried in Oud Schoonebeek General Cemetery.
6 Group Unavailable
Used by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF at Gransden Lodge, UK, coded "LQ*K". Failed to return from operation over Berlin on 2 January 1944. Shot down en route to target by night-fighter flown by Lt Friedrich Potthast, 1V./NJG1, crashing 02:10 at Nieuw Schoonebeek (Drenthe) in the commune of Schoonebeek, Holland. 7 crew killed, including pilot Flying Officer T.H. Donnelly, all buried in Oud Schoonebeek General Cemetery.
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