ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237817
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| Date: | Thursday 24 September 1942 |
| Time: | 04:08 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | W1274 |
| MSN: | LQ-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Elsø moor at Kruså, Syddanmark -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 00:19 hrs local time for an operation to Flensburg in Germany.
The aircraft was coned by a searchlight (Werfer 11 of the 1./Reserve-Scheinwerfer-Abteilung 609) and was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak of the 1./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 306.
All seven were laid to rest in Aabenraa cemetery on 26 September:
They were Pilot P/O William M. Webb, Flt. Engr. Sgt John M. Rankin, Navigator P/O Edward E. Gervais, Air Bomber Sgt John H. Kaufman RAF, W/Op-Air Gnr. F/Sgt William Sheldon RAF, Air Gnr.F/Sgt Mervyn K. Burke RAAF and Air Gnr. F/Sgt John Ott.
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194259.shtml
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMZ7RX_Halifax_II_W1274_Syddanmark
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| 1 October 1942 | W7710 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Niehuus, Harrislee, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jul-2020 10:53 | TigerTimon | Added |
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