ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206181
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| Date: | Monday 20 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:51 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1106 |
| MSN: | ZA-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea off Borkum island in Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Takeoff at 23:48 hrs for an operation against the U-boat docks at Bremen-Vegesack.
The aircraft was intercepted by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Schoenert & Feldwebel Richter of the 4./NJG 2, who had taken off from Wittmund airfield in Bf 110 F-4 R4+BM - (claim) Borkum (Jaguar) at 02:51.
All seven are missing in action:
66498 Plt Off John Samuel Victor Fegan - Runnymede Memorial Panel 69 (NCO:903677 Commission Gazetted : Friday 13 June, 1941)
567281 Sgt Albert John Beattie - Runnymede Memorial Panel 78.
R/86412 Flt Sgt William Graham Gibson RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 104.
1077710 Sgt Cresswell Atchison - Runnymede Memorial Panel 77.
R/77459 Flt Sgt Frederick William Stewart RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 106.
J/8101 Plt Off Erle Ernest Edward Johnstone RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 100.
1378704 Sgt Frederick George Albert Bick - Runnymede Memorial Panel 78.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 August 1943 | JD368 | 10 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Haulchin, Hainaut |  |
w/o |
| 21 July 1944 | LV912 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | 1.5 km west of Schöppingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Feb-2018 18:57 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-May-2020 12:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2023 06:33 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]] |
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