ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49212
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| Date: | Saturday 3 February 1945 |
| Time: | 03:00 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RG443 |
| MSN: | ZA-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marienschootstraat, Nunhem, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne |
The Halifax plane was engaged in an operation to bomb the oil refinery at Wanne-Eickel, Germany on February 2/3 1945. The aircraft departed from Melbourne at 20:32. Hit by flak the aircraft crashed near Haelen and Nunhem, 17km east of Weert, killing six of the seven crew.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Ronald Alexander Gibbs RAFVR 142044 [Killed] (NCO:1255342 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 20 April, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Jack Ashton RAFVR 1023844 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Lional Hawkins Chell RAFVR 1582776 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Peter Cook RAF 153652 [PoW] (NCO:1583505 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 February, 1944)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer William Phillips Parham RAFVR 170480 [Killed] (NCO:1584026 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 May, 1944)
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Cuthbert Smith RAFVR 1596679 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Henry Seabridge RAFVR 942139 [Killed]
Ashton, Gibbs and Parham : Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Chell, Seabridge and Smith : Venray War Cemetery
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5185
http://www.bombercrew.com/10/gibbs.htm
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1945
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/gibbs-ronald.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 June 1943 | DT783 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | Wolfsput, Aarle-Rixtel, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1970 | LV906 | 10 Sqn RAF | 0 | 15 km. W of Aachen, Limburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Jun-2014 17:06 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2018 13:55 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2022 12:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2024 08:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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