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| Date: | Friday 30 August 1940 |
| Time: | 23:24 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 214 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2559 |
| MSN: | BU- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Halle, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall |
Operation - Berlin.
Over the Netherlands, shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Streib of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Anholt airfield, Germany. This was the first ground-radar tracked victim at night.
The crew of six perished in the crash.
Sgt. G.H. Bainbridge,
F/O L.M. Cragie-Halkett,
P/O W.B.S. Cunynghame,
Sgt. S.J. Haldane,
Sgt. G.E. Merryweather
Sgt. A.B. Puzey
R.I.P.
The deceased are all buried at Halle Cemetery, the Netherlands.
Claimed by Oblt Werner Streib 2./NJG1 - near Halle (Gelderland) 9km ENE Doetinchem at 23:24
Flying Officer Craigie-Halket was born in the Falkland Islands. Please see link 4. below for more information.
The UK National Archives has a casualty report for this incident (file reference Air 81/2908) to view at the Archives. Please note that this report identifies the aircraft as P2559 and not T2559. This is almost certainly an error as the RAF serial P2559 appears to have been assigned to a Hawker Hurricane fighter.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is undertaking a project to photograph the headstones of the dead within its care.
Flying Officer Lionel Montague Craigie-Halkett details can be found at source 5. below.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
1. http://www.crashmuseum.nl/fotos.html
2. Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1940 W R Chorley.
3. Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1 Dr Theo E W Boiten.
4. https://www.falklandsbiographies.org/biographies/craigie_halkett_lionel_montague
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2648394/lionel-montague-craigie-halkett/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Oct-2014 22:49 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2014 07:05 | INV | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 18-Sep-2017 20:13 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 16:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 04-Oct-2018 14:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2019 06:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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