ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52699
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| Date: | Monday 20 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:40 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1179 |
| MSN: | NP-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee S of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
The aircraft took off at 23:43 hrs for an operation against the U-boat docks at Bremen-Vegesack in Germany.
It was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Alfred Helm of the Erprobungsstelle Werneuchen (flying with II./NJG 2), who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield in Bf 110 R4+BA - (claim) Wadden Sea south of Terschelling.
The bomb aimer is missing in action:
Pilot:108003 Plt Off Horace James Skelly - Harlingen General Cemetery Plot E. Row 3. Grave 5. (Body found in the Waddenzee 4 km of Oosterbierum 20 July 1942) (NCO:932173 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 November, 1941)
Flight Engineer:902606 Sgt Douglas George Jillings - Terschelling (West Terschelling) General Cemetery Grave 64.
Observer:1225704 Sgt Roland Jack Smith - Texel(Den Burg)Cemetery Plot K. Row 5. Grave 107. (Washed up Oude Schild harbour 1 August 1942)
Bomb Aimer:927095 Sgt Frederick Henry George Simkins - Runnymede Memorial Panel 93
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Aus/400760 Sgt James Keith Paton RAAF - Harlingen General Cemetery Plot E. Row 3. Grave 9. (Washed up Afsluitdijk pole 23,4 at 8 August 1942).
Air Gunner:R/53905 Flt Sgt William McIntyre McLachlin RCAF - Het Bilt (Sint Jacobiparochie)General Cemetery Plot B. Row 44. Grave 32.(Washed up 3 August 1942).
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1057117 Sgt John Robinson Rennie - Franeker General Cemetery Plot K. Row 1. Grave 3.(Body found at sea near Barradeel 24 July 1942).
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1696
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem18.htm
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 September 1942 | W1222 | 158 Sqn RAF | 7 | Ossum-Bösinghoven, Meerbusch, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
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| 18 August 1943 | JD260 | 158 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Greifswald, Pommern | |
w/o |
| 22 September 1943 | HR776 | 158 Sqn RAF | 3 | Hüpede, Pattensen, Niedersachsen | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-May-2015 15:35 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2015 07:02 | King | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 17-Jul-2017 10:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2018 18:30 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 20:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-May-2020 12:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Jul-2023 06:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Location]] |
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