ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200830
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| Date: | Friday 30 January 1942 |
| Time: | 10:05 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L9581 |
| MSN: | MP-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | 4 miles off Aberdeen, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lossiemouth |
Took off From RAF Lossiemouth at 02:17 to attack the Tirpitz. Ditched while approaching the Scottish coast after loss of power from the port inner engine. The crew had struggled for several hours after W/T failure and severe icing. All the crew were saved and no serious injuries were reported.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant John William Holbrook Harwood RAF 1152316 (Officer:126025 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 August, 1942)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Patey RAF
Navigator : Sergeant Young RAF
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Smardon RAF
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Scott RAF
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Roche RAF
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Petch RAF
Sources:
Sinking the Beast: The RAF 1944 Lancaster Raids Against Tirpitz
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Pers records of Sgt Roche from RCAF Archives Canada
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 June 1943 | DK224 | 76 Sqn RAF | 1 | 200 m off Kasteel Slot Zuylen, Oud-Zuilen, Utrecht |  |
w/o |
| 31 July 1943 | DK202 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Leverkusen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 4 November 1944 | LW648 | 76 Sqn RAF | 3 | Vohwinkel, Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Nov-2017 16:43 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 24-Dec-2017 12:51 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2021 18:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
| 24-Apr-2022 15:37 | tachel | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2024 07:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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