Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk III PN228,
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Date:Monday 5 March 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk III
Owner/operator:426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF
Registration: PN228
MSN: OW-A
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Near Nun Monkton, Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Collided with Halifax MZ845 after take-off, & crashed.

Sources:

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/March45/Mar5~645.html

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
1 November 1944 NP709 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF 7 Steinstraße, Haan, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
21 November 1944 NP778 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF 5 around 200 yards north of Flawith, North Yorkshire, England w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Sep-2013 19:24 JINX Added
25-May-2015 18:50 Tu104 Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport]
25-Aug-2019 18:37 tachel Updated [Cn, Source]
29-Oct-2019 13:18 tachel Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source]

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