ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187365
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Date: | Tuesday 30 December 1941 |
Time: | afternoon |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | V9979 |
MSN: | TL-E |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Porspoder, Finistère département -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Destination airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Narrative:Mission : Brest. Took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1125 hrs local time. Hit by Flak and crashed in the target area. All are buried locally in Kerfautras Cemetery.
Crew
Sqdn Ldr S A Middleton DFC (KIA)
Plt Off R A Frew (KIA)
Sgt A S Greenwood (KIA)
Plt Off L J P Foster (KIA)
Sgt P C G Maflin (KIA)
Sgt J A Orton (KIA)
Sgt M G Kipling (KIA)
Sources:
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1941 Page 197.
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=2848 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2016 18:01 |
Red Dragon |
Added |
24-Dec-2017 12:51 |
XindelX |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
26-Oct-2018 18:34 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
25-May-2021 18:16 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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