Halifax BB204 B.Mk.II - Bombing Saarbrucken Germany - 1942-08-28 to 1942-08-28
Squadron: 103 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-08-28
Completion Date: 1942-08-28
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Saarbrucken Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Elsham Wolds
Take Off Time: 20:04:00
Squadron Code: PM-
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Belgium
Crash Specifics: near Hastiere, Namur
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of Stab II/NJG4
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103 Squadron (Noll Me Tangere) RAF Elsham Wolds. Halifax Mk II aircraft BB 204 was coned by the searchlights of Flakschwere Regiment (motorized) 7 and then shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of Stab II/NJG4 during an operation against targets in Saarbrucken, Germany. The Halifax crashed near Hastiere, Namur, Belgium

Warrant Officer 1st Class Robert Lloyd Telfer (RCAF), Pilot Officer Ronald Albert Bingham (RAFVR), Sergeant John Patch (RAFVR) and Sergeant Squire Arbuthnott Webster (RAFVR) were killed in action

Flight Lieutenant Robert Lewis Andre (RAAF), Sergeant Herbert O'Neill (RAAF) and Sergeant Robert Thomas Lewthwaite (RAFVR) survived to be taken as Prisoners of War

Nachtjagd Combat Archive, The Early Years Part 3, 30 May - 31 December 1942 by Theo Boiten, page 84

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