ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52634
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| Date: | Thursday 6 August 1942 |
| Time: | 01:18 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9495 |
| MSN: | DY-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe |
Took off from RAF Topcliffe at 22:01 hrs for an operation to Bochum in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Streib & Oberfeldwebel Ruscher of the Stab I./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Fliegerhorst Venlo - (claim) north of St Oedenrode, north of Eindhoven (5B): 4,700m at 01:18; crashed Sint-Oedenrode 14 km north of Eindhoven.
There were no survivors:
Pilot: 754021 Flt Sgt Reginald Seymour Tadman DFM - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Collective Grave 93-95.
Flight Engineer: 567129 Sgt James Colville - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 96.
Observer: 1330615 Sgt Frank Arthur Frost - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Collective Grave 93-95.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Aus/403809 Sgt Noel Clive Hain RAAF - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 99.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/81478 Flt Sgt William Gordon McKinnon RCAF - Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery Plot 16 Row D Grave 12.
Air Gunner: 915447 Sgt Arthur Stanley Charles Ellis - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ
Collective Grave 93-95.
Air Gunner: R/63733 Flt Sgt Stanley Raymond Lupton RCAF - Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery Plot 16 Row D Grave 13.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1757
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
http://www.102ceylonsquadron.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=48
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1942 | W7759 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 6 | Voortsweg road at Dulder, Saasveld, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 3 December 1942 | W7916 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | Couvron-et-Aumencourt (Aisne), 11 km NW of Laon |  |
w/o |
| 21 January 1944 | JN952 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | near Wietzendorf, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Sep-2014 19:54 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2014 20:06 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2015 05:35 | Frostypops | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2017 20:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 17:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-Jun-2019 16:18 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 14-May-2020 20:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2022 18:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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