ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90009
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| Date: | Friday 17 December 1943 |
| Time: | 05:25 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 161 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK899 |
| MSN: | MA-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | River Deben, near Felixstowe, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford (UK) |
| RAF Woodbridge (UK) |
Takeoff at 20:34 for OPERATION WHEELWRIGHT 37, an SOE operation.
Belly-landed in the mud on the south side of the River Deben due to unbroken cloud to the ground.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Donald Raymond Harborow DFC RAF 129943 [Injured] (NCO:903811 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 06 October, 1942)
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer Wilson Frederick McMaster DFM RAFVR 115658 [Killed] (NCO:754455 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 24 February, 1942)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Max Gaskin RAF
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Henry Charles Walton RAF 571411 [Injured]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer Chris Charlton RAF
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Anderson Whyte RAFVR 1302098
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Tweedie RAF
Sources:
http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=5528
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK899
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Feb-2011 15:35 | ThW | Added |
| 16-Feb-2012 01:19 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2018 12:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2021 15:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Phase] |
| 16-Dec-2023 07:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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