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Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
Time: | 02:21 LT |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W1105 |
MSN: | TL-N |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Colmar (Ovelgönne) - Nordmentzhausen (Jade); Niedersachsen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 22:56 hrs for an operation to Bremen.
The aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak whilst flying at 14,000ft and crashed near Oldenburg. Sgt Gumbley service number suggests that enlisted in the Royal Air force soon after its formation.
Those who perished rest at the Sage War Cemetery:
Pilot:104520 Fg Off Herbert Gordon Badger Mays - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. C. 1-3.
Flight Engineer:156458 Sgt Robert George Gumbley - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. C. 1-3.
Navigator:655392 Sgt S J Harding PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 24969.
Bomb Aimer:107920 Plt Off R H Birch PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 462
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:128445 Plt Off Stanley Frank Hazleton - Sage War Cemetery 1. C. 5.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1177286 Sgt Arthur John Selby - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. C. 1-3.
Air Gunner: Sgt Ronald Willis Fisher - Sage War Cemetery 1. C. 5.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
http://aircrewremembered.com/mays-herbert.html CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Jan-2018 21:51 |
Red Dragon |
Added |
27-Oct-2018 16:13 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Operator] |
01-May-2020 17:30 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |