ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163028
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 March 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 1664 HCU RAF |
| Registration: | LK930 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Polterton, Derbyshire, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth |
Halifax LK930 : Took off for night training flight / navigation exercise
Crashed. Three out of seven crew members did not survive the crash.
Port inner engine failed and could not be feathered. Partially abandoned and then crash-landed between Scarcliffe and Polterton, Derbyshire
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant H R Collver RCAF [Injured]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Russell Irvine Pym RAFVR 1045627 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Pilkington RAF
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Peel RAF
Wireless Operator : Warrant Officer Loucus RAF
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Arthur Roland Andrew RCAF R/201503 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Arley Carlisle Starnes RCAF R/198952 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/21179662
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2014 12:08 | gerard57 | Added |
| 21-Nov-2023 12:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Jan-2024 15:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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