ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237815
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| Date: | Thursday 24 September 1942 |
| Time: | 04:01 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1055 |
| MSN: | DY-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Flensburger Förde near the U-Boot wharf, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 00:16 hrs local time for an operation to Flensburg.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and engaged by heavy (schwere) and light (leichte) Flak.
Five of the crew rest in the Kiel War Cemetery, two of them are still missing in action.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W1055
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1942 | R9446 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 6 | sea off Niedersachsen | |
mis |
| 9 November 1942 | W7864 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 8 | North Sea 35 km N of Ameland, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 26 June 1943 | JB843 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | Anna Paulownaweg, 't Zand, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 20 January 1944 | LW337 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 4 | Hirschgarten Friedrichshagen, Berlin | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jul-2020 10:35 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Jul-2020 10:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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