ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52842
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:26 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1143 |
| MSN: | EY-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Haringvliet off Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Operation - second 1000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen, Germany.
In the target area, the aircraft was crippled by Flak and was struggling home on three engines. It was mortally hit by Flak over Hellevoetsluis and crashed in the Haringvliet 25 km SW of Rotterdam.
Five crew members are missing in action:
404442 Plt Off Henry Garfield Clothier RNZAF - Rotterdam (Crooswijk)General Cemetery Plot LL. Row 2. Grave 18.
567896 Sgt W R Forbes PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 499.
403599 Fg Off John Raymond Francis Ganderton RNZAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 114.
935675 Flt Sgt John Stanley Clapham - Runnymede Memorial Panel 73.
1310209 Sgt James Simpson - Runnymede Memorial Panel 93.
R/87341 Sgt Albert Ovide Mireau RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 107.
915537 Flt Sgt Terence Albert George Morris - Runnymede Memorial Panel 75
The aircraft and crew were borrowed from 10 Squadron.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1555&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 April 1942 | W7663 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Missing - North Sea |  |
mis |
| 26 July 1943 | JD330 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Beeckerwerth, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 27 September 1943 | JD416 | 78 Sqn RAF | 8 | between Eckerde - Großgoltern (Barsinghausen, Niedersachsen) | |
w/o |
| 13 June 1944 | LV820 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Bosc-Mesnil, Seine-Maritime département | |
w/o |
| 21 November 1944 | MZ810 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Spaldington (near Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England) |  |
w/o |
| 2 February 1945 | NA167 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | Friedrichsfeld, Voerde, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Sep-2014 17:43 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2017 07:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2018 16:03 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 23-Apr-2020 17:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2020 17:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2022 09:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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