Halifax L9561 B.Mk.I - Bombing Bremen Germany - 1941-10-12 to 1941-10-13
Squadron: 76 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1941-10-12
Completion Date: 1941-10-13
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Bremen Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Middleton St George
Take Off Time: 19:45
Squadron Code: MP-H
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Netherlands
Crash Specifics: Wons, Friesland, 10 km South of Harlingen
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Lt Leopold Fellerer of 4/NJG 1
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76 Squadron (Resolute) RAF Middleton St George. Halifax I aircraft L 9561 MP-H, shot down returning from operations over Bremen, Germany by night fighter pilot Lt Leopold Fellerer of 4/NJG 1 and crashed near Wons, Friesland, 10 km South of Harlingen, Netherlands

Pilot FS Muttart gave the order for his crew to bail, then maintained control of the aircraft long enough for his crew to abandon the aircraft. Sadly, FS Muttart went down with his aircraft, killed in action

Pilot Officer NF Trayler (RAF), Sergeant D Cotsell (RAF), Sergeant LA Roberts (RAF), Sergeant RWP Alexander (RAF), Sergeant WH Hunt (RAF), Sergeant GH Patterson and Sergeant JW Duffield (RAF) all survived to be taken as Prisoners of War

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