ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244445
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| Date: | Thursday 15 October 1942 |
| Time: | 22:48 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | W7854 |
| MSN: | LQ-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Avenue des Chasseurs, Waterloo, Walloon Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 18:55 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Köln in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Rudolf Altendorf of the 2./NJG 4, flying Bf 110 E-2 '3C+EK' from Florennes airfield.
He flew that night with two more crew members, his regular radio operator, Feldwebel Arndt, and an observer, Fw Holst.
Six members of the crew - consisting of seven Canadians - were killed on impact: Sgt Albert V. Milot (flight engineer), F/Sgt Arhur G .Lee (observer, 28 years old), F/O Mansell M. Tomlinson (observer), F/Sgt F. Levi (radio operator), F/Sgt Gerald E. Lewis (air gunner) and Sgt Irving Arbuckle (air gunner).
The cabin came out relatively undamaged. In it, some of the civilians who had rushed in found the badly injured pilot, the 24-year-old F/Sgt John A. Longley. He was immediately taken to Mr Laermans. Longley had two shattered legs and had broken his spine. After thanking his rescuers, he lost his life. The Germans were furious because they had not been informed of this fact before and sent three people to Nivelles prison.
The seven dead Canadians were taken to the cemetery of the capital and buried.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-waterloo
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7854
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | W7713 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Nierst, Meerbusch, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 1 August 1942 | W7718 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 2 | southeast of Heppeneert, Maaseik, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 1 October 1942 | W7082 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 8 | Bohlberg, Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2020 16:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Oct-2020 16:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 06-Nov-2022 11:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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