ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52472
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| Date: | Monday 9 November 1942 |
| Time: | 22:06 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT539 |
| MSN: | DY-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oosterend, Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 17:51 hrs for a bombing operation against Hamburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by heavy Flak from Luftwaffe and Marine Flak, crashing on the sea dike at Oosterend.
All eight rest in Den Burg cemetery:
Pilot / F/Sgt. D.T. Marler R/105553 RCAF
Second Pilot / F/Sgt. F.W. Read R/107555 RCAF
Flight Engineer / Sgt. P. Richardson 568278 RAF
Navigator / P/O. J.H. Zealand J/16639 RCAF
Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. E.H. Kingsland R/74447 RCAF
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / F/Sgt. M.K. Callan R/90563 RCAF
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. S. Broome 1190407 RAF
Rear Gunner / Sgt. W.A. Moir 526468 RAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1904&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/21927/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1942 | W7653 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | Hamois, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 20 May 1942 | W1099 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Cottesmore, County Rutland, England |  |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | W1142 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 2 | Niedersachsen or Hamburg |  |
w/o |
| 10 August 1942 | BB211 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | Elbergen, Emsbüren, Ems, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 22 November 1942 | W7914 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | Hangest sur Somme |  |
w/o |
| 28 July 1943 | JD150 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | near Höbek, Haßmoor, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 11 August 1943 | JD369 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 6 | near Alsenborn, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Nov-2013 15:50 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2017 14:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2017 13:47 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn] |
| 14-Oct-2018 17:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 02-Nov-2020 18:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2020 18:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 06:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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