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| Date: | Friday 27 February 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V9986 |
| MSN: | ZA-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - |
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire (takeoff at 18:23 hrs local time) |
Floating Docks Kiel. Lost without trace. All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant John Alexander Bissett RCAF R/67791 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Ernest Victor Hallam Wieland RAFVR 1375081 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant John Harold Jeffries RAF 569196 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Joseph Westland RAFVR 1100628 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William Arthur Ivor Glanville RAFVR 916282 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Edward Hopkin Simmons RAFVR 1013282 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Clifford Francis Darwin RAFVR 944533 [Killed]
All are remembered at the the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=V9986&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Nov-2017 20:35 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 09-Nov-2017 20:35 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 25-May-2021 18:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 08-Jun-2024 19:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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