ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162636
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| Date: | Friday 4 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk IIB |
| Owner/operator: | 148 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JP276 |
| MSN: | FS-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wojnarowa -
 Poland
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Campo Casale-Brindisi |
| SOE Mission to Poland |
T/O from Campo Casale base, Brindisi, Italy 19.45 hrs to drop supplies to a meeting with the Home Army in the Polish countryside. Believed shot down by Fw Helmut Konter of I.NJG 100 flying a ME110 nightfighter after successfully
dropping supplies at AK base KANAREK 211 at Miechoiwa near Krakow.
Crashed 1.30 am in the village of Wojnarowa, Poland. Sgt Peterson, F/O Anderson, Sgt Jolly and Sgt Underwood survived by parachuting from the aircraft crew initially buried by villagers and eventually reburied in Rakowicki Cemetery, Krakow
The wreckage was discovered in the year 2006. The deceased were reburied in the year 2007.
Crew
F/Lt James Girvan McCall RAFVR - Pilot - died
F/O Phillip James Anderson RCAF - Navigator -Evaded
Sgt Clifford Aspinall RAFVR - Upper Gunner -died
Sgt Allan Jolly RAFVR - Wireless Op - Evaded
F/Sgt Robert Orlando Peterson RCAF - Bomb Aimer - Evaded
Sgt John Frederick Cairney Rae RAFVR - Rear Gunner - died
Sgt Walter Charles Underwood RAFVR - Flight Engineer Evaded
Sources:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6201286.stm
Aircraft lost on Allied Force’s Special Duty Operations & Associated Roll of Honour
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 March 1944 | HR660 | 148 Sqn RAF | 5 | Loc. La Venza, Cerreto d'Esi; province of Ancona |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Dec-2013 15:31 | gerard57 | Added |
| 06-Dec-2013 15:32 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration] |
| 18-Dec-2013 18:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-Jun-2016 18:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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