captured halifax 10 sept 1941 ( JG2 & rechlin )

Hi
I was browsing a 2009 thread on LEMB and wondered if any new info had come to light ?
cheers
Jerry

all info below extracted from the captured halifax LEMB thread…

“I remember one morning a British Halifax coming back from Italy landed by mistake on our airfiled [Théville, Normandy, France]. The crew was surprised when seeing german soldiers and more when looking at victory bars on Schnell’s plane rudder. These airmen (…) belong to N°35Sq who made an important attack on Torino. (…). F/O Williams lands his machine (…) in enemy territory. So JG 2 is able to capture seven airmen and to give a Halifax in perfect state to Rechlin test center. Three Wellingtons are lost this 10 to 11 September [1941] night and the famous Halifax TL-R intact is the only 4-engines plane not to go back in England”

E. MOMBEECK ; J.L. ROBA : “Histoire de la JG 2 Richthofen” Vol.2 p.171 (La Porte d’Hove, 2008)

L9566 was one of two No.35 Sqdn Halifaxes lost on this operation.
Airborne 2235 10Sep41 from Stradishall. Last heard on W/T at 0615 and was plotted N of le Havre. It is probable that the crew mistook the Cherbourg Peninsula for the English coast and turned towards France, instead of maintaining a northerly track.

F/O G.S.Williams PoW
Sgt A.Osborne PoW
Sgt J.E.Murrell PoW
Sgt Hedley Inj
Sgt C.S.F.Ryder PoW
Sgt E.H.Jackson PoW
Sgt A.Urquhart PoW
Sgt Hedley and Sgt C.S.F.Ryder were confined in Hospital due injuries. Repatriated 2Feb45. No PoW Nos.
Sgt E.H.Jackson was interned in Camps 8B/L6/357, PoW No.9594.
Sgt J.E.Murrell in Camps 8B/357,PoW No.9595 with Sgt A.Osborne, PoW No.9593.
Sgt A.Urquhart in Camp 8B, PoW No.9596.
F/O G.S.Williams in Camps 10C/6B/L3,PoW No.3787. Escaped from 6B 27Apr42 but recaptured. “