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Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
Time: | 02:26 LT |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W1042 |
MSN: | ZA-T |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 3 km NW of Maarheeze, Noord-Brabant -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:31 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Wolfgang Thimmig & Oberfeldwebel Hans Steckemetz of the 2./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield - 3km NW of Maarheeze: 5,300m at 02:26 hrs.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Antony Reginald Moore RAFVR 1375598 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Donald Leslie Thurlow RAF 572934 [PoW]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II Lional Raymond Silver RCAF R/67529 (Officer:J/17558) [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Archibald Ogden RAF 975784 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Harry Ralph Stacey RAF 1161591 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Marshall Frederick English RCAF R/86298 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Fred Walker RAFVR 1378434 [Killed]
Those who did not survive rest at the Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Netherlands (51.455234 / 5.482214)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1531&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.crashsiteslimburg.nl/MAININDEX/index-Halifax-W1042-ZA-T/index-Halifax-W1042-ZA-T.htm&prev=search CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2009 06:24 |
silverfox123 |
Updated |
30-May-2017 09:08 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
01-Jan-2018 15:00 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
02-Nov-2018 19:13 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
21-Apr-2020 11:04 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
21-Apr-2020 11:09 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
23-Jun-2022 03:44 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
21-May-2024 11:33 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |