ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52559
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| Date: | Friday 11 September 1942 |
| Time: | 02:50 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7752 |
| MSN: | DY-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea SW of Vlissingen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
Takeoff at 20:11 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
Probably, the aircraft was shot up by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Dr. Horst Patuschka of the 7./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Two crew members are still missing in action:
Pilot / F/O. P.A.V. England J/10174 RCAF / Vlissingen cemetery; grave C 28
Second Pilot / F/O. B.G.H. Smith 102134 RAF / Vlissingen cemetery; grave D 7 / from Brazil
Flight Engineer / Sgt. K. Marshall 547242 RAF / Terschelling cemetery; grave 69
Navigator / Sgt. R. Moore 1164946 RAF / Terschelling cemetery; grave 72
Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. S.H. Jackson 1101252 RAF / Vlissingen cemetery; grave D 6
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / Sgt. D.R.W. Schofield 1058797 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 93
Air Gunner / F/Sgt. G.F. Fargher R/84029 RCAF / Bergen op Zoom war cemetery; grave 14 C 5
Air Gunner / P/O. J.B. McCormack 50661 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 70
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1817&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 July 1942 | R9442 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 6 | Corbais, Mont-Saint-Guibert, Walloon Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 10 August 1943 | JD408 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 4 | near Vollmersbach, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1944 | MZ647 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 8 | near Rehborn railway station, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Sep-2017 19:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 17:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 26-May-2020 11:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2022 13:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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