ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51756
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| Date: | Sunday 13 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:30 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR724 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | behind the St Anthonius church at Ulft, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lissett |
The aircraft, returning from a bombing mission to Bochum, Germany, crash landed at 02.30hrs at Ulft near Aalten with engine failure. The Halifax was hit by heavy Flak over Doetinchem. Three of the crew were killed and a fourth crew member died shortly afterwards of his injuries. The other three crew members became prisoners of war.
Call Sign: NP-W
Takeoff time: 22:33
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. B.C. Wordsworth 778821 RAF Survived POW
Flight engineer Sgt. R.V. Pallant 903125 RAF Survived POW
Navigator P/O. F. Oliver 135415 RAF Gendringen B 30
Bomb aimer Sgt. E. Thurlow 1320616 RAF Gendringen B 29
Wireless op P/O. H.T. Wooldridge 146938 RAF Gendringen B 28
Air gunner Sgt. R.J. Cook 538725 RAF Amsterdam 69 B 21 - died of wounds
Air gunner Sgt. E.R. McConnell 1391369 RAF Survived POW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2445
http://www.network54.com/Forum/261665/thread/1106949333/last-1360866554/158+sqn+hr724+np-w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhYYn289W1E
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Oct-2013 10:59 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2014 14:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Jun-2018 07:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 17:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-Jun-2023 08:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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