ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234161
Last updated: 19 March 2020
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| Date: | 25-AUG-1941 |
| Time: | 01:16 claim |
| Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Squadron Royal Air Force (35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | L9572 |
| C/n / msn: | TL-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| 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 night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinrich Griese of the 1./NJG 1, who was 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
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Mar-2020 21:44 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Mar-2020 21:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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