Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk I L9500,
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Date:Friday 15 August 1941
Time:01:10 claim
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk I
Owner/operator:35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF
Registration: L9500
MSN: TL-H
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Andervenne, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 22:06 hrs (local time) for an operation to Magdeburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz-Martin Hadeball of the 7./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 C-4 G9+HR from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.

Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Ronald Lisle RAFVR 100618 (NCO:1250707 : Commission Gazetted Friday 01 August, 1941) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Michael Gerard Garner RAFVR 1168520 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Howard Torrens McQuigg RAF 575079 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Kenneth Randolph Sewell RAFVR 751350 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Alfred Arthur Cox RAF 648868 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant J J Rogers RAFVR 966861 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Wallace Llewellyn Berry RCAF R/59127 [Killed]

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=L9500
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
31 March 1942 R9438 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF 7 Fitful Head, Shetland w/o
20 May 1942 W7658 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF 4 near Le Petit Sabot at Aiglemont, Ardennes w/o
24 August 1943 HR846 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF 2 target area (Berlin) w/o
26 November 1943 LW326 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF 2 Helmest, Liège w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Mar-2020 13:28 TigerTimon Added
16-Apr-2024 14:35 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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