ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52680
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| Date: | Sunday 26 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:30 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1147 |
| MSN: | TL-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Orthen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Takeoff at 00:03 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Kurt Loos of the 1./NJG 1 - (claim) 3 km north of 's-Hertogenbosch (5B): 3,000m - flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
Sergeant J.T. Bennett, as only survivor, managed to evade capture:
Pilot:110870 Plt Off John Edward Maple - Jonkerbos War Cemetery Joint grave 18. E. 7.
Flight Engineer:928104 Sgt John Thomas Bennett - Evader Comete - Pyrenees Aug 42 (MI9 report 3310/854 (H))
Observer:R/91535 Flt Sgt Clarence Ernest Evans RCAF - Uden War Cemetery Joint grave 4. A. 10-11.
Bomb Aimer:J/8099 Plt Off John Francis Day RCAF - Jonkerbos War Cemetery Joint grave 18. E. 7.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/76228 Flt Sgt Douglas MacCrea Ross RCAF - Uden War Cemetery Joint grave 4 A 10-11
Air Gunner:411063 Sgt W A Allsopp RAAF - Jonkerbos War Cemetery 18 E 8
Air Gunner:J/15668 Plt Off Haddo Eric Von Bruce RCAF - Uden War Cemetery 4 A 13
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1715
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
CWGC
http://wartimeheritage.com/whaww2ns/wwii_ross_douglas_macrae.htm
http://www.evasioncomete.org/fbennetjt.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 June 1942 | W1021 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 0 | Diegem, Machelen, Flemish Brabant (claim location) |  |
w/o |
| 19 August 1942 | W1226 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 0 | near Sønderborg, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | W7878 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 140 km west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 31 August 1943 | HR878 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 4 | 1.5 km east of Kuinre, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Aug-2017 09:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 21:03 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2018 16:17 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2018 16:19 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2018 18:37 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Oct-2018 16:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 08-May-2020 16:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2022 10:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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