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| Date: | Wednesday 22 September 1943 |
| Time: | 21:50 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW224 |
| MSN: | KN-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee SE of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington |
Hit by the 2./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 battery Schiermonnikoog and the 3./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 battery Vlieland-West, exploded and crashed.
Takeoff time: 18:55
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Joseph Gordon Stuart RAF 655800 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Stephen Frank Clarke RAFVR 1586132 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Arthur Stanley Corlett RAFVR 1019076 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Maurice Ernest Haffenden RAFVR 911279 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant John Fletcher RAFVR 1092331 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Donald Bruce RAFVR 1818551 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Clifford Cobley RAFVR 1080615 [Killed]
Sgts Clarke and Corlett lie at the Texel (Den Burg) Cemetery, Netherlands (53.058691 / 4.793639)
The other five casualties are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2890&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Sep-2018 07:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 17-Jun-2022 11:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 19-Jul-2025 06:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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