ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202447
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| Date: | Monday 13 April 1942 |
| Time: | 00:30 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9452 |
| MSN: | MP-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Humanby, 2 miles SSW of Filey, Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, Durham |
On take off the aircraft collided with a dispersal platform which resulted in losing part of its undercarriage. The pilot managed to control the aircraft and jettison the bombs. While using up the fuel he ordered the crew to bale out. The aircraft crashed at Humanby 2 miles SSW of Filey Yorkshire
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant J N Hobbs RCAF
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Butler RAF
Navigator : Sergeant Harold David Jones RAF 567620 [Injured]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Rooney RAF
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William Hustler Charlesworth RAFVR 987863
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Roberts RAF
Rear Gunner : Sergeant R Davidson RAF
Sgt Charlesworth was killed some six weeks later in Halifax W1114 and Sgt James was taken PoW.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 August 1941 | L9530 | 76 Sqn RAF | 2 | Ostmoor at Buxtehude, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 20 May 1942 | W7660 | 76 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Marche-en-Famenne, Luxembourg |  |
w/o |
| 25 April 1944 | LK789 | 76 Sqn RAF | 6 | opposite Colony Farm near Welney, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 25 May 1944 | MZ622 | 76 Sqn RAF | 6 | 105 km W or Goirle, Noord Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Dec-2017 16:06 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 08:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Dec-2023 09:54 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Apr-2024 07:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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