ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52645
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| Date: | Saturday 1 August 1942 |
| Time: | 03:45 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1100 |
| MSN: | TL-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Serooskerke, Walcheren, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Takeoff at 23:45 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
The aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak over the target and crashed on return.
Two are buried in the Vlissingen cemetery:
Pilot / P/O. C.C. Spencer 1204791 RAF / prisoner of war (NCO:1204791, Gazette of 18th August a942)
Flight Engineer / Sgt. C.A.C. Pithers 5385517 RAF / prisoner of war
Observer / P/O. R. Casey 1181142 RAF / prisoner of war (NCO:1181142, Gazette of 25th August 1942)
Bomb Aimer / Sgt. W.A. Elliot 1105233 RAF / prisoner of war
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / Sgt. R. Clarke 1168167 RAF / prisoner of war (Clarke H. in PoW register)
Air Gunner / Sgt. B.S. Braybrook 403470 RAAF / grave C 13
Air Gunner / Sgt. R.T. Morris 1230755 RAF / grave C 12
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1737&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://wingstovictory.nl/database/database_detail-du.php?wtv_id=175
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 August 1941 | L9572 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 7 | Grosage, Chièvres, Hainaut |  |
w/o |
| 29 April 1942 | W1053 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 1 | Elverum and Sørmo, just east of Lake Movatnet |  |
w/o |
| 24 August 1943 | JB786 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 3 | near Schönerlinde, Wandlitz, Brandenburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Sep-2014 18:54 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2017 13:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2018 15:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Aug-2018 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 27-Oct-2018 16:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-May-2020 10:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2020 07:29 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Sep-2021 13:10 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 16:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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