ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52845
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:50 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9364 |
| MSN: | EY- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, off Dutch coast (at 52.02N,03.51E) -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, Cheshire |
The aircraft took off from RAF Croft, North Yorkshire, near Darlington, at 23:03 hrs for participation in the second 1000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen, Germany.
Halifax B.II R9364 "EY-E" of 78 Squadron, RAF. Lost on combat operations 02.06.1942: engaged by Flak and crashed into the North Sea off the Netherlands coast. Last reported position (last SOS distress signal) was sent at 52'02" North, 03'51" East. Combined fire of heavy (schwere) and light (leichte) Flak from the 1. & 5./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 442 destroyed the aircraft rudders, causing the Halifax to stall and enter an unrecoverable flat spin into the sea off the Dutch coast.
Four crew members are still missing in action:
Pilot:J/15200 Plt Off John Stephen Lawson MiD RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 100
Flight Engineer:571976 Sgt Ronald McGlen - Runnymede Memorial Panel 88
Navigator:R/64816 Flt Sgt T B Miller G.M. RCAF PoW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 514
Wireless Operator:649043 Sgt Donald Edwin West - Runnymede Memorial Panel 96
Air Gunner:106806 Plt Off P J Jones PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 550.
Air Gunner:581543 Sgt William Thompson - Runnymede Memorial Panel 95
Sources:
1. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
2. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/Men-of-Burgess-1939-46-2004-Update.pdf
3. https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/R93641942-06-02.html
4. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1980 page 57)
5. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1555B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 April 1942 | R9427 | 78 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 4 May 1942 | R9391 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Missing - North Sea 20km North of Juist |  |
mis |
| 4 May 1942 | W7662 | 78 Sqn RAF | 6 | Südergellersen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 31 May 1942 | W1013 | 78 Sqn RAF | 2 | near March, Cambridgeshire, England | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 5 June 1942 | W7669 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | RAF Croft, North Yorkshire, England | |
w/o |
| 20 June 1942 | BB200 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea SW of Danish Coast |  |
mis |
| 30 June 1942 | W1062 | 78 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF Docking, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 17 April 1943 | DT773 | 78 Sqn RAF | 1 | crashed into empty Max Eyth Lake, Stuttgart-Hofen, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
| 5 May 1943 | JB903 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 20 km SW of Harlingen or 20 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Sep-2014 12:25 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2017 00:26 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2017 00:27 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2017 07:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2018 21:45 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 14:08 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 23-Apr-2020 18:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 09:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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