ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236053
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 August 1942 |
| Time: | 01:55 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1115 |
| MSN: | EY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Igstadt, Wiesbaden, Hessen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Takeoff at 21:42 hrs local time for an operation to Mainz in Rheinland-Pfalz.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Paul Gildner of the 5./NJG 2. The surviving crew members were all taken prisoner of war.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant E G S Monk RAF [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Douglas Francis John Lemon RAF 562989 [PoW]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Eric Herbert Bodman RAF 88141 [PoW] (NCO:1032418 Commission Gazetted : Friday 20 December, 1940)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Herbert Corbishley RCAF R/74697 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant David Kimber RAF 1280977 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Peart RAFVR 1117168 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Arnold Mitchell RCAF R/93972 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W1115
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | W7698 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | near Genneper Weg 2, Reichswald at Kranenburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 26 June 1942 | W1067 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | IJsselmeer SSW of Hindeloopen, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | W1184 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 6 August 1942 | W1180 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | Sint Odiliënberg - Posterholt; Limburg | |
w/o |
| 29 August 1942 | W7809 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Abstract, Overijse, Flemish Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 10 September 1942 | DT491 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 24 September 1942 | R9447 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland | |
mis |
| 26 September 1942 | W7822 | 78 Sqn RAF | 8 | Wadden Sea 1.5 km E of Hörnum, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 1 October 1942 | W1036 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | Sehestedt, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 2 October 1942 | W1275 | 78 Sqn RAF | 6 | north of Herongen, Straelen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | JB962 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | 1 km northwest of Zons, Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 28 May 1944 | LW519 | 78 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2020 18:19 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Aug-2023 06:56 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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