ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21750
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| Date: | Saturday 29 August 1942 |
| Time: | 00:10 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BB214 |
| MSN: | PM-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Benediktinerabtei Maria Laach at Glees, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Takeoff at 20:37 hrs local time for an operation to Nürnberg in Bayern.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted over the Hohe Acht mountain at Adenau by the night fighter crew of Feldwebel Schellwat & Unteroffizier Willmann of the 5./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 from Nieder Mendig airfield - (claim) Maria Laach, west of Andernach (Kolibri): 3,000m at 00:10.
The aircraft, minus its tail which broke away as it neared the ground, crashed near the monastery on the shore of the Laacher See.
Sergeant J.W. Platt still has no known grave, while the mortal remains of his comerade Flight Sergeant J.J. Carey RCAF were identified in early 2014.
Three graves are located in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
via Georg Zimmermann
Updated by Glen Dryhurst
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft BA100 - BZ999, published 2006
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=8620&highlight=Mendig
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BB214
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 August 1942 | BB204 | 103 Sqn RAF | 4 | Hastière, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 5 September 1942 | W1220 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Jelsum, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 15 October 1942 | W1213 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Disternich / Erp | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2008 02:10 | Bleiente | Added |
| 15-Sep-2008 01:41 | William R Chorley | Updated |
| 19-Feb-2011 15:50 | Atlas 401 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2011 02:27 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2012 13:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 18-Jul-2019 18:51 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2020 12:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn] |
| 20-May-2020 13:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2020 13:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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