ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239142
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| Date: | Monday 5 October 1942 |
| Time: | 22:30 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1047 |
| MSN: | TL-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marquillies, département du Nord -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 19:09 hrs local time for an operation to Aachen in Germany.
Flying over Belgium, the aircraft was intercepted by the night fighter crew of Ofw. Jecke & Uffz. Mehnert of the 2./NJG 4, who were flying Bf 110 D-0 3C+AK from Florennes airfield in Belgium. Approaching the bomber at speed over Charleroi, the night fighter collided with the tail of its victim. The Messerschmitt crashed, Ofw. Jecke perishing. The badly damaged Halifax flew on but Squadron Leader Kerry DFC and his crew were all killed in a failed crash-landing.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W1047
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 July 1942 | W7760 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea - lost at 5447N 0600E |  |
w/o |
| 4 July 1943 | HR673 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 7 | Riemst, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 21 January 1944 | HX324 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 4 | area just to the west of Rehbeck, near Lüchow, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2020 19:02 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 05-Aug-2020 19:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities] |
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