ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234161
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| Date: | Monday 25 August 1941 |
| Time: | 01:16 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L9572 |
| MSN: | TL-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grosage, Chièvres, Hainaut -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 20:53 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
On return, the aircraft was shot down by Oberleutnant Griese & Unteroffizier Schenke of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
The seven-man crew - P/O Jack MacGregor-Cheers (pilot, 24 y.), his co-pilot Sgt Thomas McHale, navigator Sgt Alistair Heggie (24 y.), radio operator Sgt Jack Fuller (21 y.), the Canadian mid-upper gunner Sgt James Anderson, tail gunner P/O Vivian Markham and flight engineer Sgt Walter Collins - rest at Chièvres.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-l9572-bij-grosage
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=L9572
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 April 1942 | W1053 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 1 | Elverum and Sørmo, just east of Lake Movatnet |  |
w/o |
| 1 August 1942 | W1100 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 2 | near Serooskerke, Walcheren, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
| 24 August 1943 | JB786 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 3 | near Schönerlinde, Wandlitz, Brandenburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Mar-2020 21:44 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Mar-2020 21:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2021 20:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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