ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52700
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| Date: | Monday 20 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:52 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1162 |
| MSN: | NP-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km N of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
Takeoff at 23:56 hrs for an operation against the U-boat docks at Bremen-Vegesack in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the 5./NJG 2, patrolling in GCI-box Tiger - (claim) North Sea 20 km north of Terschelling at 02:52.
Three of the crew are missing in action:
Pilot:1378506 Sgt Patrick Joseph Dillon - Sage War Cemetery 7. C. 11.
Flight Engineer:520277 Sgt William Henry Rogers - Sage War Cemetery 7. C. 12.
Observer:1331702 Sgt Arthur Ernest Watkins - Sage War Cemetery : 7. C. 6.
1169796 Sgt Douglas Arthur Redler - Runnymede Memorial Panel 92.
1166511 Sgt Richard Henry Creed Seymour - Runnymede Memorial Panel 93.
Air Gunner:NZ/405482 Sgt Herbert Edward Godfrey RNZAF - Sage War Cemetery 7. E. 14.
653037 Sgt Robert Forgie - Runnymede Memorial Panel 83.
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1942%20sec_tcm5-7283.pdf
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem18.htm
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 December 1943 | JD115 | 158 Sqn RAF | 6 | Kraftsolms, Waldsolms, Hessen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-May-2015 11:04 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2018 19:29 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 20:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-May-2020 12:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2020 12:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2022 02:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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