ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52841
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7698 |
| MSN: | EY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Genneper Weg 2, Reichswald at Kranenburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, Cheshire |
Takeoff at 22:55 hrs for participation in the second 1000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances.
Today, the three who did not survive are buried at the Canadian War Cemetery at Groesbeek, the Netherlands. They were initially buried at Kranenburg:
Pilot S/Ldr. G.D. Leyland 45071 RAF / prisoner of war
Flight Engineer Sgt. J.E.R. Lyons 335281 RAF / grave 6 A 3-4
Observer P/O. L.G. Geddes J/4773 RCAF / prisoner of war
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. C.G. Pugsley 1307368 RAF / prisoner of war
Air Gunner Sgt. W. Brookes 1069578 RAF / grave 6 A 3-4
Air Gunner Sgt. J. Strang 1378938 RAF / grave 6 A 2
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1555A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://lostaircraft.com/database.php?lang=en&mode=viewhistory&e=8409&changeset_id=1#
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1942 | W1067 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | IJsselmeer SSW of Hindeloopen, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | W1184 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 6 August 1942 | W1180 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | Sint Odiliënberg - Posterholt; Limburg | |
w/o |
| 12 August 1942 | W1115 | 78 Sqn RAF | 2 | Igstadt, Wiesbaden, Hessen | |
w/o |
| 12 August 1942 | W1061 | 78 Sqn RAF | 2 | Wommelgem, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
| 29 August 1942 | W7809 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Abstract, Overijse, Flemish Brabant | |
w/o |
| 10 September 1942 | DT491 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 24 September 1942 | R9447 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland | |
mis |
| 26 September 1942 | W7822 | 78 Sqn RAF | 8 | Wadden Sea 1.5 km E of Hörnum, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 1 October 1942 | W1036 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | Sehestedt, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 2 October 1942 | W1275 | 78 Sqn RAF | 6 | north of Herongen, Straelen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | JB962 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | 1 km northwest of Zons, Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 28 May 1944 | LW519 | 78 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, England |  |
w/o |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Sep-2014 17:37 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2014 07:11 | Erectus | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 26-Feb-2016 14:49 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants] |
| 01-Jun-2017 06:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 14:09 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 08-Jan-2020 13:06 | rvargast17 | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2020 14:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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