ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52810
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| Date: | 09-JUN-1942 |
| Time: | 02:18 |
| Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Squadron Royal Air Force (35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | W7699 |
| C/n / msn: | TL-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | North Sea southwest of Haamstede, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Takeoff at 23:29 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Paul Gildner of the 5./NJG 2 - (claim) North Sea SW of Hoek van Holland at 02:18.
Three crew members are missing to this day:
Pilot:NZ/404491 Plt Off Angus Carr Mackenzie RNZAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 116
Flight Engineer:653677 Sgt Edward Edwin Charles Evans - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 4 D 5(Washed up on Haamstede 6 August 42).
Navigator:1181181 Sgt John Edward Bottomley - Runnymede Memorial Panel 78
Bomb Aimer:406153 Sgt Albert Charles Schofield RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 113
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:925929 Sgt Harold Reginald George Elliott - The Hague (Westduin) General Cemetery Allied Plot, Row 2. Grave 27. (Washed up on the Dutch coast 16 July 42)
Air Gunner:639164 Flt Sgt Gordon John Sharman - Texel (Den Burg) Cemetery Plot K. Row 5. Grave 103. (Washed up on De Mok Texel 12 August 42).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1592&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Jun-2017 20:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2018 14:14 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2018 14:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 16:11 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 29-Apr-2020 17:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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