ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52623
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| Date: | Monday 10 August 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1016 |
| MSN: | MP-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St. George |
Took off from RAF Middleton St George at 00:07 hrs local time for an operation to Osnabrück in Germany; crashed in North Sea.
The aircraft had been borrowed from 78 Squadron.
On 10 September 1942 the body of Sgt Howard was found drifted ashore in beach area 15 near Søgård by Receiver of Wrecks Chr. Refgård and laid to rest in Fovrfelt Cemetery, Esbjerg on 15 September 1942.
Pilot: 1291584 Sgt William Alexander Wilson - Runnymede Memorial 96.
Flight Engineer: 559204 Sgt Cyril Marrison Howard - Buried Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Plot AIII Row 9 Grave 3.
Observer: 1375473 Sgt George Arthur Palmer - Runnymede Memorial 91.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 754690 Flt Sgt Ernest James Ironmonger - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery Plot 31 Row B Grave 12.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/78543 Flt Sgt Donald Joseph Navin RCAF - Runnymede Memorial 105.
Air Gunner: 1379770 Sgt George Desmond Lloyd Humphreys - Runnymede Memorial 86.
Air Gunner: R/72543 Flt Sgt Aulden Claire Porter RCAF - Kiel War Cemetery Plot 5 Row B Grave 9.
Sources:
CWGC
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1767A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 July 1942 | W7670 | 76 Sqn RAF | 2 | Near Spittal Farm Yarm |  |
unk |
| 8 November 1942 | DT550 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Waddenzee near Rottumeroog, Groningen prv |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Aug-2017 20:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2017 20:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 12-Nov-2018 08:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 29-Jun-2019 14:21 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2019 12:58 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Cn, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2020 10:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Country, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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