ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52802
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:30 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1117 |
| MSN: | TL-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wintelre, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Takeoff at 23:03 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield; crashed on land which was owned by Mr Van Hees at Bijsterveld. This location is 1 km NE of Wintelre and approximately 8 km WNW from Eindhoven.
Those who did not survive rest at Eindhoven (Woensel) cemetery:
Pilot:R/68734 Flt Sgt Arthur Edward Hammond RCAF - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery JJ 76
Flight Engineer:1211952 Sgt Reginald Ernest Gay - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery JJ 78
Observer:R/72283 Flt Sgt M W Brown RCAF PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25675
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1187004 Sgt George William Brown - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery JJ 77
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1167646 Sgt John Ryland Jones - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery JJ 80
Air Gunner:1378584 Sgt Cecil Francis Goode - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery JJ 81
Air Gunner:1148517 Sgt Samuel Herbert Woolley - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery JJ 79
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1601
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1942 | W1048 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 0 | ice-covered Hoklingen lake at Levanger, Trøndelag county |  |
w/o |
| 29 April 1942 | W1048 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 0 | Lake Hoklingen about seven miles inland from Fættenfjord | |
w/o |
| 20 May 1942 | W1101 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 6 | 200 metres north of Heuchelheim bei Frankenthal, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 29 June 1943 | HR850 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 1 | just south of Ülpenich, Zülpich, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 2 December 1943 | HR876 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 7 | Benninghoven, Mettmann, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Jun-2017 07:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2018 17:11 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 16:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2020 18:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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