ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203928
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9529 |
| MSN: | DY-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Haus Schuir mansion, Schuirweg 74, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dalton |
Takeoff at 23:20 hrs for participation in the second 1000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen.
The aircraft was hit by heavy Flak of the 1./schwere Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 233 and crashed. The entire crew were killed. They were initially buried in the Nordfriedhof in Dusseldorf and on 30th November 1946 were finally re-interred in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery:
Crew:-
Pilot:1378361 Sgt Edmund George Newell - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. E. 8.
Flight Engineer: 569972 Sgt Cedric Reginald Rowlinson - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Grave 9:E:12
Navigator:101529 Plt Off Thomas Maughan Carter - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. E. 9. (NCO:1378868 Commission Gazetted : Friday 15 August, 1941)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1169891 Sgt Guy Maurice Selwyn - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. E. 2.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:987750 Sgt Dreacus Callum Grieve - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. E. 10.
Air Gunner:902613 Sgt James Barcraft Teesdale-Smith - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. E. 11.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R9529
Google Maps
http://undyingmemory.net/kedington/rowlinson-cedric.html
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 July 1942 | W1153 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | off Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 24 May 1943 | JD112 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 4 | near Oude Gouw, Grootslag polder, Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 20 January 1944 | HX187 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | Ahrensfelde, 13 km NE from the centre of Berlin | |
w/o |
| 20 February 1944 | JN972 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | Siedener Moor near Maasen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 17 June 1944 | LW192 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | Buren - Buurmalsen; Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2018 20:22 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 14-Oct-2018 17:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Dec-2018 13:23 | TB | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 22-Apr-2020 21:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2024 08:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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