ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158344
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| Date: | Monday 23 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ691 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bunwell -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor , Yorkshire |
Halifax MZ691:Took off 16:19hrs on 23 Oct 1944 from Holme-on-spalding Moor.
Crashed due to engine failure after a bombing raid in Germany. The entire crew of seven was killed in the accident.
Crew
Pilot F/Sgt Leslie George White
Engineer F/Sgt George James Brown
Navigator F/Sgt Herbert Winder
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt Thomas Clough Dawson
Wireless Op. Sgt Thomas Lawson
Air Gunner Sgt Albert Charles Thornhill
Air Gunner Sgt Cecil Waltham
Sources:
http://www.bunwellhistory.co.uk/Halifax%20Bomber.htm
ORB 76 Sqdn RAF
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Aug-2013 13:34 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-Nov-2013 14:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 21-Nov-2023 13:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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