ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163248
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| Date: | Friday 11 December 1942 |
| Time: | 19:00 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7764 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea in Filey Bay off Bempton, North Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Halifax W7764: Took off 16:36hrs from RAF Linton-on-Ouse on 11 Dec 1942
Ditched 19:00hrs in Filey Bay off the Yorkshire coast following a fire in the port inner engine.
Having experienced an engine fire in the vicinity of Scarborough, on the way to a bombing mission in Turin, Italy, the aircraft was seen to ditch off Bempton and the crew scrambled out onto the aircrafts wings to be rescued by local fishermen.
Sources:
http://www.fileybay.com/lee/norgate3.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2014 19:59 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Jan-2024 19:25 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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