ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236404
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| Date: | Thursday 10 September 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT491 |
| MSN: | EY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Takeoff at 20:14 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf.
Probably, the aircraft was shot up by the night fighter crew of Oberfeldwebel Wieland & Unteroffizier Adams of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands - (claim) NW Xanten (6233, 5 A): 5.200 m. at 23:20 hrs.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Charles Joseph Stevenson RAFVR 117686 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 24 March, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Robert James Roy RAFVR 967125 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Bruce Bisset Warren RAFVR 1006895 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Albert Edgar Arnold RNZAF NZ/404586 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Wilfred Hodgson RAFVR 1286431 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Charles Henry Hiscock RAFVR 908307 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Hamilton Woodford RAAF Aus/400187 [Killed]
All seven crew members rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DT491
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | W7698 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | near Genneper Weg 2, Reichswald at Kranenburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 26 June 1942 | W1067 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | IJsselmeer SSW of Hindeloopen, Friesland |  |
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| 27 July 1942 | W1184 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea |  |
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| 6 August 1942 | W1180 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | Sint Odiliënberg - Posterholt; Limburg | |
w/o |
| 12 August 1942 | W1115 | 78 Sqn RAF | 2 | Igstadt, Wiesbaden, Hessen | |
w/o |
| 12 August 1942 | W1061 | 78 Sqn RAF | 2 | Wommelgem, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
| 29 August 1942 | W7809 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Abstract, Overijse, Flemish Brabant | |
w/o |
| 24 September 1942 | R9447 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland | |
mis |
| 26 September 1942 | W7822 | 78 Sqn RAF | 8 | Wadden Sea 1.5 km E of Hörnum, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 1 October 1942 | W1036 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | Sehestedt, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 2 October 1942 | W1275 | 78 Sqn RAF | 6 | north of Herongen, Straelen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | JB962 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | 1 km northwest of Zons, Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 28 May 1944 | LW519 | 78 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2020 11:03 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 20-Mar-2024 15:29 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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