ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206103
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 July 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7753 |
| MSN: | NP-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gelsenkirchen-Resse, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
Takeoff at 00:05 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by the 1./Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 248 and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; crashed into the rear garden of a house located at the Brauckstraße & Middelicher Straße streets in Gelsenkirchen-Resse.
All rest at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery:
Pilot:122322 Plt Off Leslie Elmer Bradbury - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 19. C. 2.
2nd Pilot: 1380281 Sgt Eric George Kendall - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 19. C. 5.
Flight Engineer:632784 Sgt Peter Roy - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 19. C. 6.
Observer:1162831 Sgt Aubrey John Fromings - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 19. C. 8.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/92605 Flt Sgt William James Smart RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 19. C. 7.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Aus/401229 Sgt Russell Walter Brindley RAAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 19. C. 4.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1104554 Sgt William Walton - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 19. C. 1.
Air Gunner:106152 Plt Off Reginald Alfred Petherbridge - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 19. C. 3.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Find A Grave 158 Squadron
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7753+
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 August 1942 | W1190 | 158 Sqn RAF | 0 | Scheldt river mouth, Zeeland |  |
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| 24 March 1944 | LW718 | 158 Sqn RAF | 7 | Horsey Gap, Norfolk, England |  |
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| 25 May 1944 | LW653 | 158 Sqn RAF | 7 | Dongen-Tilburg, Noord Brabant | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2018 21:38 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 01-Nov-2018 20:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-May-2020 09:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2020 09:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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