ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52734
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:14 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | W7714 |
| MSN: | LQ-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dearsum, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
Takeoff at 23:06 hrs for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft 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) Deersum at 02:14.
Six of the crew are missing in action:
Pilot:R/58531 WO II Lawrence Sidney - RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 102
Flight Engineer:R/54847 Sgt Cecil Stephen Walsh RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 107
Navigator:R/74994 Sgt Edmund Keith Brennan RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 102
Bomb Aimer:1063335 Sgt George Arthur White - Runnymede Memorial Panel 96
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/62217 Flt Sgt Raymond Albert Amie Gorieu RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 104
Air Gunner:912780 Sgt Thomas Gower Gunn - Runnymede Memorial Panel 84
Air Gunner:972384 Flt Sgt Charles Pearn Philp - Rauwerderhem (Dearsum) Protestant Churchyard Row 17. Grave 1.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1658
http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/11958/Memorial-for-the-Crew-of-Halifax-II-W7714.htm
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 July 1942 | W7769 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 8 | New Street Pocklington, North Yorkshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 10 August 1943 | HR872 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Awenne, Saint-Hubert, Luxembourg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-May-2014 10:04 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2017 12:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Feb-2018 16:35 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2018 16:50 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 05-May-2020 09:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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