Loss of Halifax JB974 on 22.10.1943

[FrankieS]

Dear All !

Does somebody have more on the circumstances of the following
RAF 10 Sqn loss?:

22.-23.10.1943 Mission: Kassel

Halifax 10 Sqn
Serial JB974
Code ZA-T
Pilot: Wilkinson, Herbert Henry Vincent
Crash site: 58099 Hagen-Helfe, Germany

I have a letter of my grandmother stating to have watched
supposedly a german nightfighter to have downed
an allied bomber on that given night over her small village west to Hamm
at industrial 'Ruhr district' with the allied bomber "crashing far to the south", which could be the crew above that crashed at Hagen-Helfe.

Does somebody particularly have the german KE reports on JB974 or any other
infos on that crash (I have crew names and a crash site photo from
a website).
Strangely Hamm and Hagen were not really
on the planned mission track in/out of this RAF bomber mission !

thanks to everybody,
FrankieS

[andy bird]

FrankieS,
This should help you: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/wil...y-vincent.html

Kind Regards
Andy Bird

[FrankieS]

Hi Andy,
thanks, yes I saw this, but I would also like to
ask if somebody had access to a german KE report.

best wishes,
FrankieS

[Theo Boiten]

Hi FrankieS,

Hope this helps, it's the Flak claims details for this aircraft, I have no NJ claim that could be tied to the loss:

10 Sqn Halifax JB974: hit by 1. & 4./schw. Flak Abt. 226, 5736 and 5737, crashed at Helfe (Hagen) at 20.47 hrs.

Can you let me know where you got the crash photo from?

Cheers, Theo

[FrankieS]

Hi, Theo,
yes indeed it helps,
very interesting.
Any other losses known for that RAF Kassel mission
with a crash south to german city of Hamm?

1000 thanks,
bye-bye,
FrankieS

[FrankieS]

Theo,
crash photo here:

http://www.historisches-centrum.de/index.php?id=416