ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53070
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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
| Time: | 00:02 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L9603 |
| MSN: | TL-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Imbosch woods at Rozendaal, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 20:07 hrs local time for a Rover Patrol (searchlight-suppression).
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Herbert Lütje of the Stab III./NJG 1 who operated a Bf 110 from Twente airfield.
Four crew members survived and were taken prisoner by German occupation forces.
Three crew member did not survive the crash:
Pilot P/O. G. Whitaker 45055 RAF / Rozendaal cemetery; grave 653 / 20 years old
Flight Engineer Sgt. E.R. Thomas 618140 RAF / Rozendaal cemetery; grave 654
Navigator F/O. M.O. Stephens RNzAF / prisoner of war
Wireless Operator Sgt. R.R. Drummond RAF / prisoner of war
Air Gunner Sgt. R.F. Thompson 974372 RAF / Rozendaal cemetery; grave 652 / 23 years old
Air Gunner F/Sgt. C.R. Witcher RAF / prisoner of war
Air Gunner Sgt. A.R. Kilminster RAF / prisoner of war
R.I.P.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1328&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://home.kpn.nl/witie/15%20Vliegers.html
2020 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 September 1941 | L9503 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Revensdorf, Lindau, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 30 March 1942 | W1015 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 7 | skerry Remmingskjæret |  |
w/o |
| 28 April 1942 | W7656 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 2 | Trondheimsfjord outside Vikhamar | |
w/o |
| 28 August 1942 | W7676 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 7 | Westerschelde estuary off Koewacht, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Apr-2014 08:49 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2014 21:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Oct-2018 18:34 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 11-Apr-2020 19:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2020 07:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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