ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204703
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| Date: | Saturday 20 June 1942 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BB200 |
| MSN: | EY- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea SW of Danish Coast -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, Durham (takeoff at 23:43 hrs) |
| Emden, Germany |
Presumed to have in the North Sea SW of the Danish Coast.Two bodies were washed ashore. Sgt Morgan and Sgt Frankland
Crew
1169120 Sgt Mostyn Morris Crowe - Runnymede Memorial Panel 74.
350171 Sgt David Smith BEM - Runnymede Memorial Panel 93.
926593 Sgt Robert Kynnersley Frankland - Kiel War Cemetery 2.F.14
1102280 Sgt Ronald William Morgan - Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery A. 14. 19.
1058275 Sgt Edward Keith Davies - Runnymede Memorial Panel 81.
658294 Sgt Leon Harold Seal - Runnymede Memorial Panel 164.
591301 Sgt James Roland Williams - Runnymede Memorial Panel 96.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BB200+
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 April 1942 | R9427 | 78 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 4 May 1942 | R9391 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Missing - North Sea 20km North of Juist |  |
mis |
| 4 May 1942 | W7662 | 78 Sqn RAF | 6 | Südergellersen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 31 May 1942 | W1013 | 78 Sqn RAF | 2 | near March, Cambridgeshire, England | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 2 June 1942 | R9364 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea, off Dutch coast (at 52.02N,03.51E) |  |
w/o |
| 5 June 1942 | W7669 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | RAF Croft, North Yorkshire, England | |
w/o |
| 30 June 1942 | W1062 | 78 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF Docking, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 17 April 1943 | DT773 | 78 Sqn RAF | 1 | crashed into empty Max Eyth Lake, Stuttgart-Hofen, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
| 5 May 1943 | JB903 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 20 km SW of Harlingen or 20 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2018 15:04 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:57 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 01-May-2020 13:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
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