Date:	Tuesday 30 June 1942
Time:	01:08 LT
Type:	Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:	405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF
Registration:	W1113
MSN:	LQ-G
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Noordwolde, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Pocklington
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:01 hrs for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Rudolf Sigmund of the Stab II./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield.
All of the crew rest in Noordwolde cemetery:

Pilot: Aus/402223 Plt Off Henry Aldolfus Echinn RAAF - Weststellingwerf (Noordwolde)Protestant Churchyard Plot G. Row 1. Grave 6.
Co-Pilot:R/83419 Flt Sgt William Jessop Harrell (American)RCAF - Weststellingwerf (Noordwolde) Protestant Churchyard Plot G. Row 1. Grave 1.
Flight Engineer:571779 Sgt Alexander Simpson - Weststellingwerf (Noordwolde) Protestant Churchyard Plot G. Row 1. Grave 7.
Observer:64880 WO James William Bell RCAF - Weststellingwerf (Noordwolde) Protestant Churchyard Plot G Row 1 Grave 3
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/84563 Flt Sgt Winston James Dickinson (American) RCAF - Weststellingwerf (Noordwolde) Protestant Churchyard Plot G Row 1 Grave 5.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/56246 Flt Sgt Paul Patrick Augustus Oneson RCAF - Weststellingwerf(Noordwolde) Protestant Churchyard Plot G Row 1 Grave 8.
Air Gunner:1284966 Sgt Walter Percy Beare - Weststellingwerf(Noordwolde) Protestant Churchyard Plot G Row 1 Grave 4.
Air Gunner:759300 Flt Sgt Reginald Thomas Adams - Weststellingwerf (Noordwolde) Protestant Churchyard Plot G Row 1 Grave 2.

NOTE : On the above A9300 RAAF Service record file held by Archives, in a letter dated 3rd August 1959, the brother of H A Echin (Mr R A Echin) advised the RAAF records branch that the brothers had served in World War 2 using the name of Chinn which they believed at the time was their correct surname. In 1947 the surviving brother found out that their correct surname was Echin as shown on the records of the Registrar- General’s Department NSW. Statutory Declarations to that effect were submitted to the RAAF Records Branch, in order that the correct surname appeared on the AWM Roll of Honour then being produced. The brother requested that the RAAF records be altered to the correct surname and this was done.

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Other occurrences involving this aircraft

14 July 1943	HR905	405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF	6	near Asten, SE of Helmond, Noord-Brabant		w/o
3 August 1943	HR917	405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF	7	North Sea 8 km northwest of Spiekeroog island		w/o
23 August 1943	HR918	405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF	7	Dolzein Forest near Haldensleben, Magdeburg		w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
05-Oct-2014 10:32	gerard57	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
19-Oct-2014 07:12	Wilbur	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport]
24-May-2015 20:24	Zeeland	Updated [Operator]
29-Jun-2017 11:54	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Feb-2018 16:09	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Feb-2018 16:09	Red Dragon	Updated [Source]
13-Oct-2018 16:50	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Destination airport]
05-May-2020 09:16	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]