ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203566
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 May 1942 |
| Time: | 00:55 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7658 |
| MSN: | TL-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Le Petit Sabot at Aiglemont, Ardennes -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Operation to Mannheim when the aircraft was struck by flak and then attacked by a night-fighter (Lt Friedrich Graeff 9./NJG4 - near Aiglemont at 00:55). The aircraft sustained damage across the aircraft and the starboard inner engine caught fire. The flight engineer accidentally shut down the wrong engine which then failed to re-start. The aircraft crashed at Aiglemont in the Ardennes,
Crew
Pilot:102574 Plt Off Ronald Walter Valters - Aiglemont Communal Cemetery Coll. grave 2-4 (NCO:1283435 Commission Gazetted : Friday 29 August, 1941)
Pilot:655741 Sgt Sidney Richard Stickney - Aiglemont Communal Cemetery Coll. grave 2-4.
Flight Engineer:520376 Sgt William Richard Hunt - Aiglemont Communal Cemetery Grave 1.
Navigator:68162 Plt Off Richard Guy Baker PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 369 (NCO:1150911 Commission Gazetted : Friday 04 July, 1941)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1153359 Sgt George Daft - Escape Report WO 208/3311/922.(Escape by the PAO Network. Operation Rosalind by the Seawolf fishing boat from Le-Canet-Plage (66) to Gibraltar 11/12 October 1942).
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1255623 Sgt Donald George Southwell - Escape Report WO 208/3311/921.(Escape by the PAO Network. Operation Rosalind by the Seawolf fishing boat from Le-Canet-Plage (66) to Gibraltar 11/12 October 1942).
Air Gunner:R/69561 Sgt Gordon Kennedy RCAF - Aiglemont Communal Cemetery Coll. grave 2-4.
Sources:
http://dru-withoutamap.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/nightingale-and-bombers.html
CWGC
Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1
French Crashes 39-45
National Archives
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 August 1941 | L9500 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 7 | near Andervenne, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 31 March 1942 | R9438 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 7 | Fitful Head, Shetland |  |
w/o |
| 24 August 1943 | HR846 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 2 | target area (Berlin) | |
w/o |
| 26 November 1943 | LW326 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 2 | Helmest, Liège |  |
w/o |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2017 21:41 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 20-Apr-2020 13:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source] |
| 20-Apr-2020 13:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Embed code] |
| 20-Apr-2020 13:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Jun-2022 05:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 28-Mar-2024 20:17 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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