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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7698 |
| MSN: | EY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Genneper Weg 2, Reichswald at Kranenburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, Cheshire |
Takeoff at 22:55 hrs for participation in the second 1000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Believed to have collided at 14,000 feet over Bocholt with a night fighter.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Geoffrey Douglas Leyland RAF 45071 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 07 January, 1941) [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Joseph Edward Richard Lyons RAF 335281 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Lloyd George Geddes RCAF J/4773 [PoW, repatriated]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Colin Gray Pugsley RAF 1307368 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Wilfred Brookes RAFVR 1069578 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant James Strang RAFVR 1378938 [Killed]
The casualties were initially buried locally but now lie at the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands (51.797934 / 5.930606)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1555A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://lostaircraft.com/database.php?lang=en&mode=viewhistory&e=8409&changeset_id=1#
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Sep-2014 17:37 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2014 07:11 | Erectus | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 26-Feb-2016 14:49 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants] |
| 01-Jun-2017 06:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 14:09 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 08-Jan-2020 13:06 | rvargast17 | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2020 14:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2024 08:12 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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