ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52828
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| Date: | Thursday 4 June 1942 |
| Time: | 00:55 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9457 |
| MSN: | MP-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Belkmerweg road, Sint Maartensvlotbrug, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, Durham |
Takeoff at 23:16 hrs for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Helmut Lent & Feldwebel Walter Kubisch of the Stab II./NJG 2, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 R4+AC from Leeuwarden airfield.
Two crew members were taken prisoner, three crew members are buried at the Bergen War Cemetery and two crew members are still missing. They are presumed to have died:
Pilot:1051815 Flt Sgt John Walter Stell - Runnymede Memorial Panel 76
Flight Engineer:567756 Sgt D H Nelson PoW
Observer:924344 Sgt William Archer - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row C. Grave 6.
Bomb Aimer:136094 Sgt R C Cockburn PoW
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:947475 Sgt. Douglas Perry Brooks - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row C. Grave 5.
Air Gunner:938264 Sgt Ronald Greenwood - Bergen General Cemtery Plot 1. Row C. Grave 4.
Air Gunner:1010560 Flt Sgt Charles Ronald Metcalfe - Runnymede Memorial Panel 75
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1570
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
http://www.dorpskrantdeuijtkijk.nl/nw-7702-7-36405/nieuws/op_zoek_naar_engelse_bommenwerper.html
http://www.network54.com/Forum/261665/thread/1101034300/last-1101146069/Another+Dutch+Halifax+investigation
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 October 1942 | DT496 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Heusy, Verviers, Liège |  |
w/o |
| 3 October 1943 | DK203 | 76 Sqn RAF | 3 | Waddenzee pole 94 near Terschelling, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Nov-2015 14:40 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2015 17:56 | Faun | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Jun-2017 10:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2018 18:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 08:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2020 11:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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