ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52499
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| Date: | Thursday 15 October 1942 |
| Time: | 22:53 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1108 |
| MSN: | NP-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Koetreeweg 1, Hellendoorn, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, UK |
Takeoff at 18:54 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Köln in Germany.
Homeward-bound, shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the Stab III./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield.
The deceased are buried at Hellendoorn cemetery:
Pilot / Sgt. W.F. Ensor NZ413831 RNZAF / grave 6-10
Flight Engineer / Sgt. E.G. Edwards 962190 RAF / grave 6-10
Navigator / Sgt. R.B. Fernie 1330183 RAF / wounded; pow?
Bomb Aimer / Sgt. A.E. Bell 1072725 RAF / grave 6-10
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. R. Jones 980188 RAF / grave 6-10
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. W.C. Warne 1324368 RAF / grave 6-10
Rear Gunner / Sgt. S.G. Jenner 1385252 RAF / grave 5
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1878
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
http://nl.tracesofwar.com/artikel/1889/Oorlogsgraven-van-het-Gemenebest-Hellendoorn.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 September 1943 | HR715 | 158 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea approx. 2 km off West Coast of Texel. | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Sep-2014 18:52 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2017 13:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 19:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-Oct-2020 17:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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