ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 238134
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| Date: | Thursday 1 October 1942 |
| Time: | 22:14 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1036 |
| MSN: | EY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sehestedt, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 17:58 hrs local time for a low-level operation against Flensburg.
The aircraft was coned by the 6. Scheinwerfer battery of Marine-Flak-Abteilung 211 and the 1. Scheinwerfer battery of Marine-Flak-Abteilung 221, hit by the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 211 and 221 and by light Flak of the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 251; crashed at Sehestedt, southeast of the Wittensee lake.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant John Kenneth Gregory RAFVR 1066775 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant J H Hunt RAF [PoW]
Observer : Sergeant Robert William Johnson RAFVR 1331196 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Thomas Edward Turpin RCAF R/55384 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Sidney Solomon Waldman RAFVR 1255786 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Kenneth Markillie RAF 1458550 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Gerald Edwin Morrison RCAF R/82440 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W1036
Google Maps
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 |  |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | W1184 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 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 |
| 10 September 1942 | DT491 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2020 09:20 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-Apr-2024 14:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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