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:MPH

Radio Code:

Return Base:

Return Time:

Crash City:Netherlands

Crash Specifics:Wons, Friesland, 10 km South of Harlingen

Crash Latitude:0.000000000

Crash Longitude:0.000000000

Crash Reason:fighter

Flak Battery:

Enemy Claim:Lt Leopold Fellerer of 4/NJG 1

Events

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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