ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202957
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 April 1942 |
| Time: | 00:24 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7653 |
| MSN: | DY-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hamois, Namur -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dalton |
Intercepted by Oberleutnant Reinhold Eckardt of the 7./NJG 3, flying Bf 110 E-2 D5+AR - (claim) Hamois 6km NNE Ciney at 00:24. Aircraft crashed near Hamois 6km NNE of Ciney.
Crew
Pilot:1250644 Sgt Lawrence William Carr Evaded. He was able to evade capture thanks to the Comete Line and crossed into Spain on 13th May 1942. MiD January 1943.
R/2138 Flt Sgt J W Raiston RCAF PoW Camps 8B / 344 / L3. PoW Number 24999
568717 Sgt Thomas Kenneth Robinson - Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 3. C. 7-9.
923287 Sgt Ronald Barry Shoebridge (Escaped & Captured May 1942) PoW Camps 8B / 344. PoW Number 24992
984752 Sgt James Garroway - Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 3. C. 7-9.
1102285 Sgt I Edwards - Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 3. C. 7-9.
920228 Sgt G H Lee PoW Camps L3/L1. PoW Number 247
Sources:
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://halifaxjd371kno.com/index.php/hamois-halifax-w-7653-dy-a-102-squadron-raf/
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://carentanlibertygroup.forumgratuit.org/t2929-raf-halifax-plane-shot-down-in-hamois-belgium-1942-commemoration-21-oct-2017-15h30&prev=search
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.cometeline.org/ficheC105.html&prev=search
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.evasioncomete.org/fshoebrrb.html&prev=search
http://www.evasioncomete.org/fcarrlw.html
http://www.evasioncomete.org/fshoebrrb.html
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 May 1942 | W1099 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Cottesmore, County Rutland, England |  |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | W1142 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 2 | Niedersachsen or Hamburg |  |
w/o |
| 10 August 1942 | BB211 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | Elbergen, Emsbüren, Ems, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 9 November 1942 | DT539 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 8 | Oosterend, Texel, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 22 November 1942 | W7914 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | Hangest sur Somme |  |
w/o |
| 28 July 1943 | JD150 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | near Höbek, Haßmoor, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 11 August 1943 | JD369 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 6 | near Alsenborn, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2017 16:24 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 14-Oct-2018 17:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2022 19:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2022 03:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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