ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50539
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Date: | Friday 28 April 1944 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LL356 |
MSN: | NF-U |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea W of Terschelling, Friesland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Took off from RAF Tempsford on Operation Osric 59 and set course for Belguim, probably taking a northerly route as it is believed the Halifax came down in the sea off the Dutch Frisian Islands. The body of Flt Sgt Williamson RAAF rests on Terschelling in Wasterschelling General Cemetery having been found on the North side of the island on 16 June 1944. His crew have no known grave.
Crew
Flt Sgt G H Williamson RAAF (KIA)
Sgt G P Croad (KIA)
Flt Sgt H Dootson (KIA)
Flt Sgt A J G Barnes RCAF (KIA)
Sgt H F Benbow (KIA)
Flt Sgt E R Clayworth RAAF (KIA)
Sgt J E Smythe RCAF (KIA)
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1944%20sec_tcm5-7285.pdf Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 201.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/williamson-george.html http://www.mhhv.org.au/?p=1132 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
11-Jun-2016 15:02 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Oct-2018 17:34 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
06-Apr-2020 08:56 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport] |
14-Jun-2022 23:26 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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