ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52679
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| Date: | Sunday 26 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:30 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1211 |
| MSN: | NP-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stichting at Oploo, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
Takeoff at 00:11 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was attacked by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1 - (claim) Wanrooi south of Nijmegen - flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
The last message received was that they were being attacked by fighters and they were abandoning the aircraft. Shortly before the crash, it was engaged by Flak of the 1. & 3./schwere Flak-Abteilung 401 ('Halifax Gemert'). The aircraft crashed alongside a searchlight battery near Oploo.
Sergeant F.N. Linklater initially evaded capture:
Pilot:70549 Flt Lt Geoffrey Hall Porter PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 583.
Flight Engineer:546669 Sgt Clarence Gissing PoW No info found.
Navigator:R/67344 Sgt John Robert Patterson RCAF PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25670.
Bomb Aimer:R/92670 Sgt Donald Alexander Hall RCAF PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25074.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/83586 Sgt Frank Neil Linklater RCAF Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25125
Air Gunner:777705 Sgt Keith Edward Wilman PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25647.
Air Gunner:920126 Sgt Basil Osborne Collins - Eindhoven (Woensel)General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 87.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1714
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
CWGC
158 Squadron
RAF Prisoners of War
History of this aircraft
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| 29 January 1944 | HX333 | 158 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Zandeweer, Groningen prv | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Aug-2017 09:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2018 21:26 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2018 16:20 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-Nov-2018 20:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 08-May-2020 16:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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