ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205371
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:11 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9446 |
| MSN: | DY-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | sea off Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe |
Takeoff at 22:58 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Paul Szameitat of the 6./NJG 3 based at Schleswig airfield.
Plt Off Robinson and Sgt Southern bodies were later washed ashore.
Their comrades are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Pilot:124630 Plt Off Stanley Edward Herbert Morgan - Runnymede Memorial Panel 70.
Flight Engineer:533687 Sgt Jack Joffre Southern - Hamburg Cemetery 6A. E. 2.
Observer:108240 Plt Off Patrick John Noble Robinson - Sage War Cemetery 1. F. 15.
974156 Sgt James Alexander Fraser - Runnymede Memorial Panel 83.
1187215 Sgt Roy Harry Brett - Runnymede Memorial Panel 79.
817226 Flt Sgt Douglas George Williamson - Runnymede Memorial Panel 77.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R9446
Google Maps
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG3.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 September 1942 | W1055 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | Flensburger Förde near the U-Boot wharf, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 9 November 1942 | W7864 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 8 | North Sea 35 km N of Ameland, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 26 June 1943 | JB843 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | Anna Paulownaweg, 't Zand, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 20 January 1944 | LW337 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 4 | Hirschgarten Friedrichshagen, Berlin | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2018 18:46 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 14-Oct-2018 17:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 03-May-2020 22:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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