ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52516
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| Date: | Friday 2 October 1942 |
| Time: | 22:49 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DG228 |
| MSN: | LQ-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vredebest farm near Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 18:26 hrs local time for an operation to Krefeld in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by Flak of the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 813 (Hoek van Holland), 2./M.A.A. 205 Küstenbatterie Brandenburg and the 1. & 2./Reserve
The entire crew perished in the crash as well as two persons on the ground. The plane slammed into a farm. A son and a daughter died. The wife and another daughter survived. The farmer wasn't home.
All seven crew members rest in the Noordwijk general cemetery:
Pilot / W/O. I E.W. Murphy R/67977 RCAF / from the USA
Flight Engineer / F/Sgt. D.G. Hackett R/89449 RCAF
Navigator / Sgt. G.H. Shannon AUS400294 RAAF
Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. M. Ben-Hertz R/87671 RCAF
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / Sgt. S. Messham 618362 RAF
Mid Upper Gunner / F/Sgt. C.J. Neubert R/132976 RCAF / from the USA
Rear Gunner / F/Sgt. L.H. Williams R/122012 RCAF
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=DG228&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.basher82.nl/Data/noordwijkzh/shannon.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 June 1942 | W7708 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Bruchem, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 30 June 1942 | W7715 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 6 | Bimolten, Nordhorn, GB, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Dec-2014 12:26 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2015 14:10 | Paix | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 24-May-2015 20:25 | Z. Zeeland | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 02-Oct-2017 08:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2018 16:50 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 22-Mar-2020 08:26 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2020 08:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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