ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51366
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 September 1943 |
| Time: | 21:18 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR715 |
| MSN: | NP-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea approx. 2 km off West Coast of Texel. -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lissett |
| operation - Bochum, Germany |
Hit west of Vlieland island by the 3./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 815 battery Vlieland-West. The entire crew perished in the crash.
Takeoff time: 18:12
The crew were
pilot Sgt. William Finlay F. MacLaren (31),
flight engineer Sgt. Edwin John Hall,
navigator F/Sgt Harry Robertson (31),
bomb aimer Sgt. Philip Corbet Du-Plat-Taylor (26),
wireless operator Sgt. Edward Stanley Sheppard (20), and
gunners Sgt. James Dixon Stewart (20), and Sgt. Vivian Herbert Bartlett.
Only one body was recovered. Sgt Stewart is buried on Ameland in Nes General Cemetery; while his crewmates are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2908&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem14.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 October 1942 | W1108 | 158 Sqn RAF | 6 | Koetreeweg 1, Hellendoorn, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Feb-2015 11:11 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Sep-2018 07:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 17:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Jul-2021 15:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 22-Jun-2022 07:13 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Damage] |
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