ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52131
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 March 1943 |
| Time: | 00:37 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7877 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Stokkum 2 km SE of Markelo, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Lt August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield.
Operation: a bombing raid on Berlin, Germany
Call Sign: TL-O
Takeoff time: 18:24
Crew:
Pilot S/L. P.C. Elliot DFC 42401 RAF Markelo 4 A 5
Flight engineer F/Sgt. S.L.C. Watts AFM 216038 RAF Markelo 4 A 2
Navigator F/Sgt. G.C.H. Chandler 1258999 RAF Survived pow
Bomb aimer Sgt. R.V. Ledger 1330439 RAF Runnymede Memorial 156
Wireless op F/Sgt. G.S. Sloman 403036 RAAF Markelo 4 A 4
Air gunner F/Sgt. T.N. Sankey DFM 612042 RAF Markelo 4 A 3
Air gunner Sgt. D. Kelly 1384311 RAF Markelo 4 A 1
Fl Sgt Chandler was captured and sent to Stalag XXA in Poland.
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2079&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.nottinghampost.com/Looking-relatives-bomber-crew/story-13519886-detail/story.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Oct-2014 11:10 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2018 15:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 15:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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