ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203053
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| Date: | Monday 4 May 1942 |
| Time: | 02:38 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9391 |
| MSN: | EY- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea 20km North of Juist -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, Cheshire |
| operation - Hamburg |
Claimed by Fw Hans Berschwinger 4./NJG2 - North Sea 20km North of Juist at 02:38 (note: coned by Marine-Flak searchlight batteries).
Crew
Pilot:41076 Sqn Ldr Albert John Drake Snow - Sage war Cemetery 5. A. 8.
Pilot:931910 Sgt Eric Charles Smith - Becklingen War Cemetery 27. A. 7.
Flight Engineer:567958 Sgt Frederick Ross Mills - Kiel War Cemetery 2. G. 7.
Observer:114168 Fg Off Edwin Charles Long Hebblethwaite - Kiel War Cemetery 3. E. 14.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:J/15431 Plt Off John Robert Kennedy RCAF - Sage War Cemetery 5. A. 10.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1005931 Sgt Thomas Percy Willoughby Davies - Sage War Cemetery 13. B. 13.
Air Gunner:905982 Sgt Gilbert Murray Edwards - Runnymede Memorial Panel 82.
Sources:
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 April 1942 | R9427 | 78 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 31 May 1942 | W1013 | 78 Sqn RAF | 2 | near March, Cambridgeshire, England | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 2 June 1942 | R9364 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea, off Dutch coast (at 52.02N,03.51E) |  |
w/o |
| 5 June 1942 | W7669 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | RAF Croft, North Yorkshire, England | |
w/o |
| 20 June 1942 | BB200 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea SW of Danish Coast |  |
mis |
| 30 June 1942 | W1062 | 78 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF Docking, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 17 April 1943 | DT773 | 78 Sqn RAF | 1 | crashed into empty Max Eyth Lake, Stuttgart-Hofen, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
| 5 May 1943 | JB903 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 20 km SW of Harlingen or 20 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2017 17:13 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 02-May-2022 17:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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