ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160777
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 April 1945 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 502 (Ulster) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PN402 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Anti-Submarine Patrol Area L.6, SE of Læsø in the Kattegat -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stornoway, Isle of Lewis |
Halifax B.MK. III PN402 ("V9-X") of 502 (Ulster) Squadron, RAF. Missing 11/04/1945 from anti-submarine patrol over Anti-Submarine Patrol Area L.6, east of Arendal, Aust-Agder, Sørlandet. Between 01:40 and 02:45 hours two Halifaxes from 502 Squadron and three Halifaxes from 58 Squadron attacked a small convoy South East of Læsø. The convoy Consisted of the "Hansa 1" of 1,923 GRT escorted by patrol boats "T13" and the "F7". The convoy had left the harbor of Aarhus on 9 April to 18.00 hours. All of the three ships were hit, but the "T13" and the "Hansa 1" were so damaged that they sank shortly afterwards. Pilot, Sqn Ldr Dennis Hewitt Pruden DFC in PN402 attacked the same convoy, and PN402 might have been shot down. Most sources back the claims that PN402 was shot down by Oberleutnant Herbert Koch from 1./NJG 3. No trace of the plane and its crew of eight airmen was ever been found. Crew were:
Sqn Ldr D.H. Pruden DFC (Commander)
F/O R.C. Squire (Pilot)
Flt Lt F. Leigh (Navigator/Bomb Aimer)
Flt Lt J. Featherstone (Air Gunner)
P/O E. Platt (Flight Engineer)
P/O I.H Dustin RNZAF (Air Gunner)
F/O V.B. Symes (Air Gunner)
P/O D.W.S. Sharkie (Wireless Operator)
All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?175-Halifax-GRIII-of-502-Squadron
3. http://www.airmen.dk/p472.htm
4. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showpost.php?p=175752&postcount=5
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._502_Squadron_RAF#In_Coastal_Command
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Sep-2013 17:09 | JINX | Added |
| 25-Dec-2014 16:16 | Digger | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 06-Mar-2017 20:05 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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