ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162720
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1048 |
| MSN: | TL-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lake Hoklingen about seven miles inland from Fættenfjord -
 Norway
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kinloss in Scotland |
Halifax W1048 TL-S from 35 Squadron had taken off from RAF Kinloss in Scotland on the evening of 27th April 1942 to take part in an attack on Tirpitz in Fættenfjord, Norway. Several hours later the crew found themselves fighting to keep the Halifax in the air having been hit by AA fire during the attack. In the early hours of April 29th, the pilot - Pilot Officer Don MacIntyre from Canada, skilfully crash landed the Halifax on the frozen surface of Lake Hoklingen about seven miles inland from Fættenfjord. All onboard managed to escape from the aircraft. The crew were: NC Stevens Eng, DL Perry W.Op. GG Blanchett, AG, I Hewitt, RHD Wilson Tail Gunner. All escaped the wreck and all but one made it to internment in Sweden.
In June 1973 the plane was retrieved from the lake and brought to the UK for restoration.
Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.156385704520110.1073741826.110534692438545&type=3
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1942 | W1048 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 0 | ice-covered Hoklingen lake at Levanger, Trøndelag county | |
w/o |
| 20 May 1942 | W1101 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 6 | 200 metres north of Heuchelheim bei Frankenthal, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 17 June 1942 | W1117 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 6 | Wintelre, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 29 June 1943 | HR850 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 1 | just south of Ülpenich, Zülpich, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 2 December 1943 | HR876 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 7 | Benninghoven, Mettmann, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Images:
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK. - 18th September 2010
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK. - 18th September 2010
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Dec-2013 18:57 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-Dec-2017 20:42 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator] |
| 01-Oct-2020 15:45 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 01-Oct-2020 15:49 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
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