ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162465
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| Date: | Sunday 15 October 1944 |
| Time: | 21:06 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ826 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nørre Halne a few kilometres north of Fliegerhorst Aalborg West -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne |
Shot down by the German Luftwaffe.
Only one member of the crew was able to survive the crash by bailing out safely out of the aircraft.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Stanley William Hart RAF 48420 (NCO:516346) [Killed] (NCO:516346 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 April, 1942)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Francis Bernard Sheard RAFVR 2202399 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant W R Parks RCAF 25040 [Evaded]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Sidney Alexander Farquhar McHardy RCAF J/88995 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Albert Lawrence Slatter RAFVR 178950 [Killed] (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 22 August, 1944)
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Reginald Herbert Porter RAFVR 185050 (NCO:1592877) [Killed] (NCO:1592877 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 November, 1944)
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer William Jardine RAFVR 185218 (NCO:1823391) [Killed] (NCO:1823391 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 November, 1944)
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/1944142.shtml
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Nov-2013 16:53 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-Oct-2023 07:07 | Rob Davis | Updated |
| 23-Oct-2023 13:30 | Anon. | Updated |
| 21-Nov-2023 11:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Nov-2023 11:41 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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