ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202222
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| Date: | Monday 30 March 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1043 |
| MSN: | ZA-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Sor Flulan at Fættenfjord north of Trondheim -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lossiemouth (takeoff at 18:46 hrs local time) |
Attack on the German Battleship Tirpitz, moored at Fættenfjord north of Trondheim. Crashed near Sor Flulan at Fættenfjord north of Trondheim. Sqn Ldr Webster's body was found near Teringen Lighthouse 90km West of Trondheim.
Crew
Pilot: 43127 Sqn Ldr Frederick David Webster DFC - Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery A IV British. K. 4.
1200462 Sgt Eric Archibald Hall - Runnymede Memorial Panel 84.
567428 Flt Sgt Harold Sydney Wheatley - Runnymede Memorial Panel 76
60772 Flt Sgt Aubrey Charles Stevens-Fox - Runnymede Memorial Panel 66.
948242 Sgt Arnold Hague - Runnymede Memorial Panel 84.
104588 Plt Off Samuel Robert Leney - Runnymede Memorial Panel 70
1102753 Sgt Walter Hall - Runnymede Memorial Panel 84.
Sources:
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/fuglan.htm]
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/webster-frederick-david.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 June 1943 | HR697 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | Bilserbaan road, Maastricht, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 28 September 1943 | JD272 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | Wippingen, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Nov-2017 16:56 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-May-2021 19:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source] |
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