ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225773
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:08 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1098 |
| MSN: | ZA-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Oeding, Südlohn, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Took off from RAF Leeming at 23:54 hrs for participation in the second 1000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf & Oberfeldwebel Heino Pape of the 7./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 from Fliegerhorst Twente in the Netherlands - (claim) near Oeding SE Winterswijk (4B) at 02:08.
Those who did not survive rest at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery:
Pilot: J/4822 Plt Off David Dudley Plaister Joyce (Argentina) RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 21 Row E Grave 8.
Flight Engineer: 569190 Sgt James Gordon Bertie Garson - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 21 Row E Collective Grave 9-12.
R/71712 Flt Sgt K R Kettlewell RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug/PoW Number 425.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1252568 Sgt Edward William Perry - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 21 Row E Collective Grave 9-12.
Air Gunner: 1378670 Sgt William James Laker - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 21 Row E Grave 7.
Air Gunner: 789500 Sgt Alastair Macdonald Anderson (Newfoundland) - Reichswald Forest War
Cemetery Plot 21 Row E Collective Grave 9-12.
Air Gunner: 621660 Sgt William John Edgeley - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 21 Row E Collective Grave 9-12.
Sources:
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W1098
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 September 1944 | MZ574 | 10 Sqn RAF | 2 | Swier hamlet, Wijnandsrade, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jun-2019 14:23 | Anon. | Added |
| 24-Apr-2020 08:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2020 08:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Country] |
| 24-Apr-2020 14:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2020 14:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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