ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236313
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 September 1942 |
| Time: | 03:30 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1244 |
| MSN: | MP-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | De Blankaart swamp, Diksmuide, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Takeoff at 23:00 hrs local time for an operation to Saarbrücken in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of the 9./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 in GCI-box 7B.
Six crew members were taken prisoner of war: Sgt D.W.R. Coverly, Sgt C.H.M. Smith, Sgt E.J. Kingston, Sgt H. Fowler, Sgt L.N.P. Park, and Sgt H.R. Turvey.
P/O Humphrey Sherwood, the pilot, did not survive and rests at Adegem, Maldegem, Oost-Vlaanderen.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-bij-woumen
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W1244
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 August 1941 | L9562 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | near RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1942 | R9482 | 76 Sqn RAF | 5 | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England | |
w/o |
| 20 December 1942 | DT511 | 76 Sqn RAF | 8 | near Liedern, Bocholt, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | DK166 | 76 Sqn RAF | 3 | Junkersdorf, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 21 January 1944 | LK630 | 76 Sqn RAF | 1 | north of Hotham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2020 17:59 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-May-2020 18:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 26-Jun-2022 09:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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