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| Date: | Sunday 3 October 1943 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JB967 |
| MSN: | VR-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Takeoff at 18:36 hrs for an operation against Kassel in Germany.
On return to base and at 23:22 hrs, the aircraft was hit by an Me 410 A-1 of V./KG 2 based at Schiphol (the Netherlands) and sustained a damaged elevator. The controls failed on landing causing the Halifax to crash, the wing being torn off and the fuselage broken into three pieces.
Two crew members were injured:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant D T Cook RAF
Flight Engineer : Sergeant A Simpson RAF [Injured]
Navigator : Flying Officer Owen Woodward Fonger DFC RCAF J/21918
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant H H Campbell RCAF [Injured]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant P J Packer RAF
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant A E Legault RAF
Rear Gunner : Sergeant D W Robertson RAF
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB967&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2021 15:12 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 17-May-2021 15:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 17-May-2021 16:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 12-Nov-2024 16:39 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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