ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52744
Last updated: 9 February 2021
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| Date: | 28-JUN-1942 |
| Time: | 02:45 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | W1175 |
| C/n / msn: | LQ-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | probably crashed on sandbank De Waard in the Wadden Sea off Friesland -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
Takeoff at 23:32 hrs for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak and crashed.
Six of the crew are missing in action:
Pilot:R/56351 Flt Sgt William Ewart Nixon Field RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 103
Flight Engineer:1213401 Sgt Ronald Frank Ansell - Runnymede Memorial Panel 77
Observer:R/69615 WOII Rowan Charles Fitzgerald RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 102
Bomb Aimer:1065468 Sgt Alan Danby - Runnymede Memorial Panel 81
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1169531 Sgt Eric Omar Smith - Runnymede Memorial Panel 93
Air Gunner: Aus/407695 Flt Sgt Murray Ralph Kleisdorff RAAF - Harlingen General Cemetery Plot E. Row 2. Grave 4.
Air Gunner:R/68523 Flt Sgt John Drew Ailey - RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 102
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1651&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Jun-2017 11:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2018 13:30 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2018 13:36 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2018 16:50 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 05-May-2020 08:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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