ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 171185
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| Date: | Thursday 17 September 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1222 |
| MSN: | NP-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ossum-Bösinghoven, Meerbusch, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, Yorkshire |
On Wednesday, 16 September 1942, (a part of) the aircraft of the 158 squadron (RNZAF), took off for a mission to Essen in Germany from an airfield in or near East Moor. One of the crew members was Flight Sergeant J W Murphy RNZAF. He departed for his mission at 20:48.
He flew with a Handley Page Halifax B.II, serial W1222 and code "NP-S". His mission and of the other crew members was planned for Thursday, 17 September 1942.
Aircraft crashed between Bosinghoven and Ossum, two small towns 6 kilometres south of Krefeld. All of the six crew lie in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Leslie John William Beckman RAFVR 1382013 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Fred William Brogden RAFVR 967977 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer John Scott Smyth RAFVR Aus/118650 [Killed] (NCO:939824 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 June, 1942)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant John William Murphy RNZAF NZ/403585 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Stanley George Walton RAFVR 1380196 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Lawrence Byrne RAFVR 1116631 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Stanley Cooper RAF 517107 [Killed]
Sources:
1. http://lancasterwarmemorials.org.uk/memorials/lancasterwwii-w.htm
2. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/W12221942-09-17.html
3. Google Maps
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 July 1942 | W1179 | 158 Sqn RAF | 7 | Waddenzee S of Terschelling, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 18 August 1943 | JD260 | 158 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Greifswald, Pommern | |
w/o |
| 22 September 1943 | HR776 | 158 Sqn RAF | 3 | Hüpede, Pattensen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2014 12:43 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Jun-2015 13:35 | Next | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2017 22:57 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2020 08:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 16-Sep-2023 06:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source]] |
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