ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236051
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 August 1942 |
| Time: | 00:54 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1245 |
| MSN: | EY-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Méan, Havelange, Namur -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Takeoff at 21:41 hrs for an operation to Mainz in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Ludwig Bietmann & Unteroffizier Wolfgang Reinicke of the 5./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+GN from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Donald Arthur Kingston RAFVR 77393 [Killed] (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 20 August, 1940)
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Graham Watson Macallister RAFVR 115987 [Killed] (NCO:1070173 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 24 March, 1942)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Patrick McCann RAF 533268 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ivor Brinley Griffiths RAFVR 1283548 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Johnstone Stewart RAFVR 1260195 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Edward Frederick Burrell RAF 804335 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Richard Geoffrey Kendall RCAF R/70732 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-bij-mean-en-condroz
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W1245
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 October 1942 | BB236 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | Am Friedenshügel, Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 6 September 1943 | HR874 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | Germersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2020 18:03 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 03:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 11-Aug-2023 06:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Location]] |
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