ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267309
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 November 1944 |
| Time: | 20:46 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk VII |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | NP709 |
| MSN: | OW-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Steinstraße, Haan, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
| Oberhausen |
Took off at 17:44 hrs for a bombing operation against Oberhausen in NRW.
Claim by Fw Peter Oberheid 6/NJG2 - Goch-Wesel-Duisburg-Venlo (KN-KO-LO-LN): 20:46.
Crashed in Steinstrabe at Haan.
The crew except for Flt Lt Anderson were initially buried on 3 November 1944 behind the Chapel near the hedge in the Evangelic Cemtery at Haan.
Reinterred 28 May 1947.
Flt Lt Anderson was on his fourth sortie and the rest of the crew were on their second sortie.
Crew
Pilot: J/29202 Fg Off William Frank Anderson RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 244.
Flight Engineer: 1822461 Sgt James Langton - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 11 Row E Grave 7.
Navigator: J/36947 Fg Off Gordon Joseph Mullin RCAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 11 Row E Grave 8.
Bomb Aimer: J/95159 Plt Off Cyril Christian Goble RCAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 11 Row E Grave 6.
Wireless Operator: 1585145 Sgt Thomas Robert Edgell - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 11 Row E Grave 5.
Air Gunner: R/261261 Flt Sgt Leslie George Griffith RCAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 11 Row E Grave 9.
Air Gunner: J/95366 Plt Off John Alexander McLea RCAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 11 Row E Grave 10.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/anderson-william-frank.html
Google Maps
Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 5 - Theo Boiten
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 November 1944 | NP778 | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF | 5 | around 200 yards north of Flawith, North Yorkshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 5 March 1945 | PN228 | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Near Nun Monkton, Yorkshire | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2021 19:33 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Feb-2022 14:24 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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