ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204384
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:28 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DG224 |
| MSN: | LQ-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sinnersdorf, Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
Takeoff at 22:57 hrs for an operation to Essen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak.
Those who did not survive were initially buried in the British Military Cemetery at Köln-Zolstock. They were later reinterred at Rheinberg War Cemetery:
Pilot:J/15279 Plt Off Lloyd George Higginson RCAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. F. 25.
Pilot:R/86320 Sgt William John Pethybridge RCAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. F. 21-23.
Flight Engineer:961928 Sgt D R Riches PoW Stalag Luft 4 Sagan and Belaria. PoW Number 523
Observer:J/5087 Plt Off Alan James McEwen RCAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. F. 21-23.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/58817 Flt Sgt Edmund Thomas McGill RCAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. F. 20.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:529508 Flt Sgt Leslie Heycock - Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. F. 21-23.
Air Gunner:R/54831 Flt Sgt Ernest Norman Jefferies RCAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. F. 19.
Air Gunner:976825 Flt Sgt Reginald Paul Healey - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. F. 24.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DG224+
Google Maps
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2018 17:08 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 13-Oct-2018 16:50 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Phase, Destination airport] |
| 27-Apr-2020 19:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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