ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52695
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 July 1942 |
| Time: | 01:50 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1040 |
| MSN: | NP-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Zijderveld and Schoonrewoerd; Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
Takeoff at 00:04 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinz Strüning of the 8./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield - (claim) between Zijderveld and Schoonrewoerd.
Crew:-
Pilot:124624 Plt Off Frank Thomas Hardy RAF PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 575 (NCO:1254700 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 July, 1942)
2nd Pilot:47550 Plt Off Arthur Thomas Yeo RAF - Amersfoort (Oud Leusden)General Cemetery Plot 13. Row 4. Grave 51 (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 February, 1942)
Flight Engineer:568483 Sgt A J GodwinRAF PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25065
Observer: Aus/402215 Plt Off George A Archer RAAF PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan &Belaria. PoW Number 565.
Bomb Aimer:1153694 Sgt J M Urwin RAF PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25061
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1010561 Sgt Joseph Edwin Hall RAF PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25039
Air Gunner: Aus/401064 Sgt Alastair MacKay Greenfield RAAF - Amersfoort (Oud Leusden)General Cemetery Plot 13. Row 3. Grave 50.
Air Gunner:1379030 Sgt John Wilson - RAFVR Amersfoort (Oud Leusden)General Cemetery Plot 13 Row 4 Grave 52
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1697
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
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| 30 July 1943 | JD277 | 158 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Tellingstedt, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jul-2017 09:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2018 20:28 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 20:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-May-2020 17:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 09:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 21-Jul-2023 08:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Location]] |
| 09-Dec-2023 15:10 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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