ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205659
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 June 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1062 |
| MSN: | EY- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Docking, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, Durham |
| RAF Docking |
At 02:40 and at 25 km north of Schiermonnikoog island in the Netherlands, the aircraft was badly shot up by the night fighter crew of Unteroffizier Rudolf Frank & Unteroffizier Hans-Georg Schierholz of the 1./NJG 3, flying Bf 110 E-2 D5+EH from Vechta airfield in Niedersachsen, Germany.
The aircraft upon return to the UK crash-landed at RAF Docking where a fire broke out. Sgt Summerfield later died from his injuries:
Flt Lt Woodroffe
Sgt David - Injured
Flt Lt L Geddes RCAF - Injured
Plt Off LeBeau - Injured
Flt Sgt V Fulton RCAF - Injuried
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1168050 Sgt Edwin Clifford Summerfield - Initially injured. Unfortunately later died from his injuries. - Portsmouth (Milton) Cemetery Plot M. Row 6. Grave 20.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three page 40
Bomber Command losses 1942
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 April 1942 | R9427 | 78 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | |
w/o |
| 4 May 1942 | R9391 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Missing - North Sea 20km North of Juist |  |
mis |
| 4 May 1942 | W7662 | 78 Sqn RAF | 6 | Südergellersen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 31 May 1942 | W1013 | 78 Sqn RAF | 2 | near March, Cambridgeshire, England | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 2 June 1942 | R9364 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea, off Dutch coast (at 52.02N,03.51E) |  |
w/o |
| 5 June 1942 | W7669 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | RAF Croft, North Yorkshire, England | |
w/o |
| 20 June 1942 | BB200 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea SW of Danish Coast |  |
mis |
| 17 April 1943 | DT773 | 78 Sqn RAF | 1 | crashed into empty Max Eyth Lake, Stuttgart-Hofen, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
| 5 May 1943 | JB903 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 20 km SW of Harlingen or 20 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Feb-2018 13:25 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 11-Nov-2018 14:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-May-2020 12:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2020 12:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
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