ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52827
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| Date: | Thursday 4 June 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1104 |
| MSN: | MP-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee W of Harlingen, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, Durham |
Takeoff at 23:14 hrs for an operation to Bremen in Germany & failed to return. The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances.
Crew:
Pilot:105196 Plt Off John Adams Philp - Runnymede Memorial Panel 71
Flight Engineer:971129 Sgt John Battersby - Sage War Cemetery (Germany); grave 5. D. 3.
Observer:1057349 Sgt Frank Edwin Ormerod 1057349 RAF Vlieland General Cemetery; grave 41.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:J/15671 Plt Off Robert Samuel Mulhauser (American) RCAF - Sage War Cemetery (Germany); grave 7. E. 8.
Air Gunner:1358088 Sgt James Henry Harte Vlieland General Cemetery; grave 42.
Air Gunner:178071 Sgt Willie Watson - Runnymede Memorial Panel Panel 96
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1571
Google Maps
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem16.htm
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 May 1942 | R9456 | 76 Sqn RAF | 6 | Bartenshagen-Parkentin, Mecklenburg |  |
w/o |
| 21 June 1942 | W1114 | 76 Sqn RAF | 3 | Vierhuizen - Houwerzijl; Groningen prv | |
w/o |
| 26 November 1943 | LK946 | 76 Sqn RAF | 1 | Hermeskeil, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Sep-2015 17:51 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2015 17:55 | Faun | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Jun-2017 10:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2018 19:00 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 08:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2020 12:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 21:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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