Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II JP284,
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Date:Wednesday 28 June 1944
Time:23:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:148 Sqn RAF
Registration: JP284
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Lake Ohridsko -   Albania
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Brindisi, Italy
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Full crew were
P/O (J/19924) B.W. Boyes, (pilot) RCAF
F(O (124757) W.A. Pullar (nav.) RAFVR
F/Sgt (1230960) L. Green (bomb aimer,) RAFVR
Sgt (954729) W. Griffiths (flight engineer) RAFVR
W/O (R/101924) W. Gray (WOP/AG) RCAF
W/O (R/132964) Archibald Arnold McCaig (AG) RCAF , killed),
F/Sgt (1332459) V.S.H. Hoy (AG) RAFVR killed) and
E-17 Pregelj Stanko (Yugoslav Army of Liberation, apparently killed).
Shot down during a secret operation.

Sources:

http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?11205-No-148-Squadron-loss-28-29-June-1944

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Mar-2015 18:50 gerard57 Added
02-Jun-2015 13:53 BlB Updated [Operator, Narrative]
05-Jun-2021 10:26 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities]

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