ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235992
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| Date: | Saturday 1 August 1942 |
| Time: | 02:53 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | W7718 |
| MSN: | LQ-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | southeast of Heppeneert, Maaseik, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 00:34 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Feldwebel Spille & Unteroffizier Becker of the 3./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
The crew bailed out by parachute. The tail gunner, Sgt. Ivor Watters, did not survive the parachute jump, his grave is at Heverlee.
Wireless operator Laurent Nadeau was severely injured. He was taken to the Bordet Institute for care, but succumbed to his injuries on the 3rd of August. The Germans took care of his burial in the cemetery of Brussels-Evere, where he is still resting.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-bij-heppeneert
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7718
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | W7713 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Nierst, Meerbusch, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 1 October 1942 | W7082 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 8 | Bohlberg, Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 15 October 1942 | W7854 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Avenue des Chasseurs, Waterloo, Walloon Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2020 12:19 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 13-May-2020 12:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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