ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202228
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| Date: | Monday 30 March 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1015 |
| MSN: | TL-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | skerry Remmingskjæret -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kinloss |
Attack on the German Battleship Tirpitz, moored at Fættenfjord north of Trondheim. Shot down by the German AA boat "Sachse", with the loss of all onboard. The aircraft crashed on the tiny skerry Remmingskjæret. Plt Off Brown's body was found on Edo Island on 20 June 1942.
Crew:-
Pilot: R/70825 Flt Sgt George H Steinhauer RCAF - Trondheim (Stave) Cemetery A IV British. K. 3.
2nd Pilot: 106502 Plt Off Peter Gregory Brown - Trondheim (Stave) Cemetery A IV British. B. 3 (NCO:1064669 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 October, 1941)
Flight Engineer: 547222 Sgt James Black Dunlop - Runnymede Memorial Panel 82.
Navigator: 954695 Flt Sgt Lewis E Goodrum - Runnymede Memorial Panel 74.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 920366 Sgt Eric T Meade - Trondheim (Stave) Cemetery A IV British. C. 7.
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner: 1173814 Sgt Douglas Granville Joseph Campbell - Runnymede Memorial Panel 79.
Air Gunner: 655080 Sgt Maurice Cowan Cohen - Trondheim (Stave) Cemetery A IV British. C. 6.
Sources:
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 September 1941 | L9503 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Revensdorf, Lindau, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 8 November 1941 | L9603 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 3 | Imbosch woods at Rozendaal, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 28 April 1942 | W7656 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 2 | Trondheimsfjord outside Vikhamar | |
w/o |
| 28 August 1942 | W7676 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 7 | Westerschelde estuary off Koewacht, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Nov-2017 18:43 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 26-Nov-2017 18:43 | Red Dragon | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 26-Oct-2018 18:33 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 25-May-2021 19:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities] |
| 01-Apr-2024 08:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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