ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244529
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| Date: | Sunday 25 October 1942 |
| Time: | 03:00 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1223 |
| MSN: | PM-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moulin-sous-Touvent, Oise département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 18:44 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Milano in Italy.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinz Wilberg of the 4./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 from Saint-Dizier airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Sidney Arthur Claridge RAFVR 1331580 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Bernard Dudley Swain RAF 547856 [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer Ernest Adam Wagstaff RAFVR 121733 [Killed] (NCO:1380674 Commission Gazetted : Friday 10 July, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Stanley Victor Goodhew RAFVR 1265668 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Ronald Ward ('Bull') Taylor RAAF Aus/403844 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Kevin William McAuliffe RAFVR 1314722 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant James Molesworth RCAF R/85993 [Killed]
All seven crew rest in the Moulin-sous-Touvent cemetery.
Sources:
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=824
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Oct-2020 19:23 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-May-2023 13:50 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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