Halifax L9572 B.Mk.I - Bombing Dusseldorf Germany - 1941-08-24 to 1941-08-25
Squadron: 35 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1941-08-24
Completion Date: 1941-08-25
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Dusseldorf Germany
Target Specific: Marshalling yards
Base: RAF Linton-on-Ouse
Take Off Time: 20:53
Squadron Code: TL-G
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Belgium
Crash Specifics: Grosage, Chievres, Hainaut
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: crew of Oberleutnant Griese & Unteroffizier Schenke of the 1/NJG 1
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#35 Mardras Presidency Squadron (Uno Anirno Agimus) RAF Linton-on-Ouse. Halifax I aircraft L 9572 TL-G was shot down by night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Griese & Unteroffizier Schenke of the 1/NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 over Belgium. The Halifax was returning from an operation against the Marshalling Yards in Dusseldorf, Germany. The bomber crashed at Grosage, Chievres, Hainaut, Belgium

Sergeant JB Anderson (RCAF) Sergeant WN Collins (RAF), Sergeant J Fuller (RAFVR), Sergeant AAS Heggie (RAFVR), Sergeant TP McHale (RAFVR), Pilot Officer J McGregor-Cheers (RAFVR), and Pilot Officer VM Markham (RAFVR) were all killed in action. There were two pilots on board for this operation. (Detail referenced by S Hadaway)

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