ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160752
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| Date: | Monday 16 April 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | NP805 |
| MSN: | QO-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF East Moor -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
Swung on take-off for training flight, & undercarriage collapsed.
Took off from RAF East Moor at 1210 possibly with the control locks still in place. At high speed the Halifax careered off the runway and crashed into trees, bursting into flames. Two members of the ground staff LAC Bedard RCAF and LAC Charbonneau RCAF who were watching the proceedings were struck by the undercarriage as it smashed through the roof of the picket post on which they were sunbathing. Along with Fg Off Porritt RCAF, they were buried in Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery. Flt Sgt Davidson RCAF was destined to spend the next two years in hospital, so serious were his injuries.
Crew
Fg Off W H Porritt RCAF (Killed on Active Service)Stonefall Cemetery and Crematorium Harrogate Borough North Yorkshire
Flt Sgt K Davidson RCAF (Inj)
Fg Off L Jorgenson RCAF (Inj)
Flt Sgt L Gray RCAF (Inj)
Flt Sgt S Reid RCAF (Inj)
Flt Sgt T Cohen RCAF (Inj)
Plt Off J Burns RCAF (Inj)
LAC J D M Bedard RCAF (Killed on Active Service))Stonefall Cemetery and Crematorium Harrogate Borough North Yorkshire
LAC R F Charbonneau RCAF (Killed on Active Service))Stonefall Cemetery and Crematorium Harrogate Borough North Yorkshire
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 163.
findagrave.co
ORB 432 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1944 | LK807 | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Hannêche, Burdinne, Liège |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2013 19:28 | JINX | Added |
| 25-May-2015 19:10 | Unitex | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 03-Jun-2016 16:26 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2016 16:27 | Red Dragon | Updated [Registration] |
| 27-Dec-2017 17:38 | XindelX | Updated [Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Source] |
| 11-Feb-2018 20:39 | tachel | Updated [Operator] |
| 14-Oct-2018 16:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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