ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 258977
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:39 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR819 |
| MSN: | TL-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along the Geldrische Straße, Nettetal, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley, Huntingdonshire |
Took off at 23:34 hrs for an operation against Aachen.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
The six men who perished do not have a known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner Flight Sergeant Ronald W. Wissom was taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/saywell-edward-wright.html
Google Maps
SGLO Bulletin 411-03, research by J. Hendrix and S. de Veth
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 March 1942 | R9450 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 7 | 30 miles off Mablethrope in the North Sea |  |
mis |
| 28 April 1942 | W1020 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 6 | Near Trondheim |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-May-2021 18:50 | TigerTimon | Added |
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