Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II W1050 ,
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Date:Thursday 7 May 1942
Time:00:25
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF
Registration: W1050
MSN: TL-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Libin, Luxembourg -   Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Linton-on-Ouse
Destination airport:operation - Stuttgart, Germany
Narrative:
Claimed by Oblt Hubert Rauh 7./NJG4 - South of Libin 10km SW of St Hubert at 00:25.

Crew
Pilot: J/15252 Pilot Officer Glenn Powell Gardiner RCAF PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 771.
Pilot:39059 Sqn Ldr Kenneth Whyte Bonnar - Neufchateau Communal Cemetery Grave 4.
620185 Sgt John Norman Hindle - Neufchateau Communal Cemetery Grave 5.
Navigator: 1150776 Sgt A H Fuce PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 45.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 976069 Sgt Norman Henry Hood DFM - Neufchateau Communal Cemetery Grave 7.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:986458 Sgt John Alexander George Firth - Neufchateau Communal Cemetery Grave 6.
Air Gunner:1021906 Sgt Joseph Thomas Stanworth - Neufchateau Communal Cemetery Grave 8.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
CWGC
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://anloyceremonies.blogspot.com/2014/05/crash-dun-halifax.html&prev=search
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.lwha.be/pages/hommages/l-histoire-de-glenn-powell-gardiner-p-o-rcaf-sq-35.html&prev=search
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-bij-libin
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
9 June 1942 W7699 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF 6 North Sea SW of Haamstede, Zeeland w/o
29 June 1943 HR812 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF 4 Vieille Meuse River, Souverain-Wandre, Liège w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Dec-2017 22:16 Red Dragon Added
05-May-2022 17:44 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source]
26-Jun-2022 01:01 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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