ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176414
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| Date: | Monday 9 November 1942 |
| Time: | 20:37 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7864 |
| MSN: | DY-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 35 km N of Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, UK |
Takeoff at 17:52 hrs for a bombing operation against Hamburg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Helmut Lent & Feldwebel Walter Kubisch of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had taken off from Leeuwarden at 19:28 hrs, in Dornier Do 215 B-5 G9+DF.
All eight crew are missing in action and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7864
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem14.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1942 | R9446 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 6 | sea off Niedersachsen |  |
mis |
| 24 September 1942 | W1055 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | Flensburger Förde near the U-Boot wharf, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 26 June 1943 | JB843 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | Anna Paulownaweg, 't Zand, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 20 January 1944 | LW337 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 4 | Hirschgarten Friedrichshagen, Berlin | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2015 19:32 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Jun-2015 13:36 | Next | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 19-Jan-2016 18:01 | Opietz | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Nov-2020 18:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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