ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52745
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| Date: | Sunday 28 June 1942 |
| Time: | 03:00 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | W1110 |
| MSN: | LQ-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off the Dutch coast 20 km SSW of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
Takeoff at 23:31 hrs for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, 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 - (claim) North Sea 20km SSW Den Helder.
Four of the crew are missing in action:
Pilot:R/61631 WOI William Lawrence Scott - Runnymede Memorial Panel 101
Flight Engineer:R/70586 Sgt George Bertram Tatham - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 31 C 7 (Washed up Callantsoog 9 September 1942).
Observer: WOII Gordon McLean Phillips RCAF Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 16. (Washed up Petten 17 September 1942)
Bomb Aimer:131806 Plt Off John James Hughes MiD - Runnymede Memorial Panel 70
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/64719 Flt Sgt James Edward Cole RCAF Runnymede Memorial Panel 103
Air Gunner:819083 Sgt Sidney Bertram Rowland - Runnymede Memorial Panel 92
Air Gunner:J/15165 Plt Off Joseph Harvey Milton Lacelle RCAF - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 29 A 7 (Washed up Callantsoog 30 June 1942).
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1650
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 October 1942 | W7763 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Landgoed Prattenburg Estate, Rhenen, Utrecht | |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | HR816 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 2 | Kempen, Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 18 August 1943 | HR817 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 7 | near Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Jun-2017 10:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2018 21:01 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2018 21:23 | Red Dragon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2018 16:50 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 05-May-2020 08:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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