ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52632
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| Date: | Thursday 6 August 1942 |
| Time: | 01:35 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1215 |
| MSN: | NP-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bovenheigraaf - Bovenpad roads, Oldebroek, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
Takeoff at 22:13 hrs for an operation to Bochum in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant August Geiger of the 8./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield.
One of the crew members managed to evade capture:
Pilot P/O. C.H. Phillips 402537 RAAF / Oldebroek cemetery; grave 7
Flight Engineer Sgt. D.H. Furness 571405 RAF / prisoner of war
Navigator P/O. L.V. Harvey 400239 RAAF / prisoner of war
Bomb Aimer Sgt. E.G. Price R/84592 RCAF / evader
Wireless Operator Sgt. W.A. Thompson 1310697 RAF / prisoner of war
Air Gunner P/O. J.E. Marshall 117005 RAF / Oldebroek cemetery; grave 6
Air Gunner Sgt. J.W. Byrne 954513 RAF / prisoner of war
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1758&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 May 1944 | HX334 | 158 Sqn RAF | 0 | Bokrijk monastery, Genk, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Aug-2017 20:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 19:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 14-May-2020 19:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2022 17:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code, Category] |
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