ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235954
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| Date: | Thursday 30 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:51 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9442 |
| MSN: | DY-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Corbais, Mont-Saint-Guibert, Walloon Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:06 hrs for an operation to Saarbrücken in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Eckardt & Feldwebel Frank of the 7./NJG 3, who were flying Bf 110 E-2 D5+AR.
None of the crew survived, they were buried at the Corbais Communal Cemetery.
They were F/S Ronald Stone RNZAF, 26 years old, pilot - Sgt Maurice Barrett, 22 years old, flight engineer - F/Sgt James Kirkwood, observer - Sgt Eric Williams, 21 years old, radio operator - F/Sgt Bernard Carroll RCAF, air gunner and Sgt Victor Twining, 20 years old, air gunner.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-bij-corbais
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 September 1942 | W7752 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 8 | North Sea SW of Vlissingen, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
| 10 August 1943 | JD408 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 4 | near Vollmersbach, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1944 | MZ647 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 8 | near Rehborn railway station, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2020 19:12 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2022 11:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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