ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51725
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:27 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7930 |
| MSN: | EY-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 'Wetering' farm, Kerkstraat, Renswoude, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:16 hrs for an operation to Mülheim an der Ruhr in Germany.
The aircraft was damaged by Flak of the 2./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 155 near Soesterberg. Southwest of Renswoude the aircraft fell victim to night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Georg Kraft of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.
All seven occupants died in the crash.
The are all buried at Amersfoort Cemetery, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 23:16
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. E.A. Tipler 656206 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 147-149
Flight engineer Sgt. L.D. Lingwood 573996 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 147-149
Navigator Sgt. J.E. Woodward 1333246 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 147-149
Bomb aimer Sgt. W.A. Anderson 1219022 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 147-149
Wo ag Sgt. C.P. Johns 1332379 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 147-149
Air gunner Sgt. T.H. Bell 1163588 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 147-149
Air gunner Sgt. D.E. Tuddenham 1398791 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 151
R.I.P.
IWM has a photograph of this aircraft as a backdrop to a series of images made in March 1943 when Preston adopted No. 78 Squadron RAF. In the foreground are Wing Commander Warner and his crew. See https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205218697 and
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2546
http://aircrewremembered.com/tipler-ernest.html
https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/43233/Monument-Halifax-W7930.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 August 1942 | W1233 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea |  |
w/o |
| 25 April 1944 | LV905 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | 20 KM NNE of Breda, Noord Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Jul-2015 14:47 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2015 18:39 | Jimi | Updated [Operator] |
| 21-Jun-2018 20:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2018 20:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2018 20:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Nov-2018 06:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-Mar-2020 09:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2021 09:15 | Richard | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 09:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 22-Jun-2023 10:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [[Location]] |
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