ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52770
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7747 |
| MSN: | MP-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, Durham |
Takeoff at 23:36 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen in Germany.
The aircraft failed to return and is still missing. Probably, it was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinz Strüning of the 7./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield - (claim) 'Liberator' area Hoek van Holland - Rotterdam (Biber) at 01:13 hrs.
All seven crew members are missing in action. For their names, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7747
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 April 1942 | R9484 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Oer-Erkenschwick, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 30 May 1942 | W1065 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Gennevilliers - Hauts-de-Seine département |  |
w/o |
| 12 August 1943 | DK240 | 76 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Bernay, Eure | |
w/o |
| 26 November 1943 | LK903 | 76 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Erbach, Eltville am Rhein, Hessen | |
w/o |
| 22 January 1944 | LL185 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea W of Walcheren, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
| 15 March 1944 | LW657 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Heslach, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
| 23 June 1944 | LW620 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | 10 miles WSW of Beverley, Yorks |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Sep-2014 11:43 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2017 22:50 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2017 07:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
| 23-Dec-2017 18:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 26-Jan-2018 12:11 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 08:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 02-May-2020 17:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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