ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205374
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7654 |
| MSN: | DY-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire |
Handley Page Halifax Mk.II W7654 (DY-Q) 102 Squadron, RAF: Written off (presumed destroyed) on 26 June 1942 when lost on combat operations . Airborne from RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire to bomb operation Bremen, Germany. Aircraft failed to return, and all six crew killed.
Crew
Pilot: 42668 Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Bernard Wright - Runnymede Memorial Panel 66.
Flight Engineer: 566355 Flight Sergeant Illtyd Gad Ivor Lewis - Runnymede Memorial Panel 75.
Observer: J/15512 Pilot Officer Richard Forrest Bradbury RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 100.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1325482 Sergeant Leonard Starbuck - Becklingen War Cemetery 27. A. 11.
Air Gunner: R/87884 Sgt Peter John Fernie RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 107
Air Gunner: 968101 Sgt Ernest Ralph Taxeira de Mattos - Runnymede Memorial Panel 94
As can be seen from the above, only one of the crew was recovered, and buried at Becklingen War Cemetery. The other five crew were not found/bodies not recovered, and have no known grave, hence they are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
1. http://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/alliedlossesincidents-alpha-list-l-r.html
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1532163/wright,-kenneth-bernard/
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1803383/lewis,-illtyd-gad-ivor/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1530270/bradbury,-richard-forrest/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2389976/starbuck,-leonard/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1269959/fernie,-peter-john/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1808466/taxeira-de-mattos,-ernest-ralph/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 September 1942 | W7677 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | Rambrouch, 18km WSW of Ettelbruck. |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | JD144 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | Failon, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 4 July 1943 | BB428 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | near Winterscheid, 7 NM WNW Prüm, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 4 November 1944 | MZ772 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | near Laurensberg, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2018 19:01 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 27-Oct-2019 16:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 27-Oct-2019 16:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2019 22:05 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-May-2020 09:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Country] |
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