ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52628
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| Date: | Friday 7 August 1942 |
| Time: | 04:15 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1237 |
| MSN: | EY-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km west of Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, Durham |
Takeoff at 00:49 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the 9./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Five of the crew are missing in action:
Pilot / F/O. J.M.J.A. d'Ursel Chevalier of the Order of 60506 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 66
Flight Engineer / F/Sgt. W.E.S. Luck 562643 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 75
Navigator / Sgt. W.J. Cole 1379680 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 80
Wireless Operator / F/Sgt. A.G. Johnston R/59551 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 104
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / Sgt. G.W. Scott 1262777 RAF / Hoek van Holland cemetery; grave F 18 / from New Zealand
Air Gunner / Sgt. J.G.A. Hoare 1289983 RAF / Hoek van Holland cemetery; grave F 19 / washed up Hoek van Holland 22 September
Air Gunner / Sgt. G.J.M. Cantwell 798616 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 98
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1761&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 July 1943 | JD375 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Rengen, Daun, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Aug-2017 21:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2017 21:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 14:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-May-2020 08:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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