Trying to ID a rocket carrying Typhoon lost Feb 1945

[Col Bruggy]

hello,

JR296:HF-V - 328621V Lt Alan George HILL SAAF - Missing.
JR528:TP-Z - 519996 W/O Jack Maldwin ROBERTS RAF - Missing.
MN941 - 206321 Capt Anton LENS SAAF - Missing.

Col.

[Sean Welch]

Steve,
JR375 is a Typhoon serial number and is not a cannon number.
The link ejector chutes, under the cannon infeed drum, were stenciled with the aircraft serial number to which they were issued.
The intention was that after servicing, each aircraft would have its own equipment reissued. But as the guns were serviced at least weekly the armourers found it expedient to rotate the guns. So when they were removed a serviced set were installed.
JR375 was shot down near Cambrai 3-1-1944 and was only used by 609 Squadron. As the guns stayed within the squadron your aircraft has to be from 609 as well.

In the area and time frame of your interest 609 lost 3 aircraft:
RB311 14-2-1945 Shot down by flak Pfalzdorf. F/Lt. R.K. Gibson RAAF Killed
MN178 25-2-1945 Shot down by flak Weeze. Jean-Dennis Wathieu (Belgian) baled out (IWM has nice picture of this a/c being armed with RPs)
EK380 3-3-1945 Shot down by flak. Xanten. P/O. H. F. R. Goblet (Belgian) PoW

Sean.

[Niederrhein 01]

Thank you for the Information but I have all these details already and didn't want to put names to the aircraft for certain reasons, but it can't be helped now.
The AHB have Most of the loss records for Bomber Command, which includes Serial Numbers of guns carried and Engines installed, unfortunately they have no records for 2nd TAF Aircraft losses.
It is this Information that I am trying to obtain or an address or government Branch that could have this information.

Steve

[Niederrhein 01]

Hello Sean,
If you had read the thread from me a Little bit more carefully you would have seen two question marks behind the JR375 as the Last two Numbers are not very legible and I did not want to guess, if you would like I could send you a Photo of the cannon as it was still in the ground just above the water table.
The Crash site has a very high water level, water Starts at 1 meter. As to the other probable aircraft I would have to say probably not, in the 70s a German researcher found the parachute lock, which means whoever was in the plane did not bale out.

[Chris Goss]

The AHB does not have anything similar to the Bomber Command Loss Cards just the personnel casualty cards so records of guns fitted are not available