ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202448
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| Date: | Monday 13 April 1942 |
| Time: | 02:08 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9487 |
| MSN: | MP-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gelsenkirchen-Buer, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, Durham |
| Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak. The crew were initially buried at Gelsenkirchen. After the war they were re-interred at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery:
Pilot: 404250 Plt Off Keith Francis Lloyd-Jones RAAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 19. B. 3-8.
Pilot: 104516 Fg Off William Culmsee - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 19. B. 3-8.
Observer: 112109 Plt Off R Fairclough PoW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 116
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 902193 Sgt Harvey Ernest Hothersall - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 19. B. 3-8.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 569291 Sgt Philip Lawrence Wheeldon - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 19. B. 3-8.
Air Gunner: 551586 Flt Sgt Richard William Albert Hawksworth, MID - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 19. B. 3-8.
Air Gunner: R/54309 Sgt Wallace Alfred Richard Moule RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 19. B. 3-8.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 December 1941 | L9615 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | off French Coast |  |
w/o |
| 30 July 1943 | ED244 | 76 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Oberndorf, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 28 September 1943 | LK891 | 76 Sqn RAF | 8 | - missing - |  |
mis |
| 1 March 1944 | LW636 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | 1.5 mile north-west of RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Dec-2017 16:33 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 08:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 17-Apr-2020 19:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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