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Date: | Wednesday 29 April 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W1048 |
MSN: | TL-S |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lake Hoklingen about seven miles inland from Fættenfjord -
Norway
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kinloss in Scotland |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Halifax W1048 TL-S from 35 Squadron had taken off from RAF Kinloss in Scotland on the evening of 27th April 1942 to take part in an attack on Tirpitz in Fættenfjord, Norway. Several hours later the crew found themselves fighting to keep the Halifax in the air having been hit by AA fire during the attack. In the early hours of April 29th, the pilot - Pilot Officer Don MacIntyre from Canada, skilfully crash landed the Halifax on the frozen surface of Lake Hoklingen about seven miles inland from Fættenfjord. All onboard managed to escape from the aircraft. The crew were: NC Stevens Eng, DL Perry W.Op. GG Blanchett, AG, I Hewitt, RHD Wilson Tail Gunner. All escaped the wreck and all but one made it to internment in Sweden.
In June 1973 the plane was retrieved from the lake and brought to the UK for restoration.
Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.156385704520110.1073741826.110534692438545&type=3 Images:
![](/photos/wiki/1942/19420429_hlfx_W1048_6941.jpg)
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK. - 18th September 2010
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Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK. - 18th September 2010
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Dec-2013 18:57 |
gerard57 |
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15-Dec-2017 20:42 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator] |
01-Oct-2020 15:45 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Photo] |
01-Oct-2020 15:49 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Photo] |