ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163001
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1944 |
| Time: | 04:20 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK789 |
| MSN: | MP-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | opposite Colony Farm near Welney, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
| Karlsruhe |
Upon return to RAF Holme-on- Spalding Moor in Yorkshire after a mission to Karlsruhe in Germany, the aircraft was attacked by intruder pilot Leutnant Wolfgang Wenning of the Stab II./KG 51 (who was flying an Me 410 A-1/U2) at a height of 3,400 feet, caught fire and crashed. Only one crew member survived the crash. Those who died are buried various cemeteries:
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Douglas Robert Dibbins RAFVR 171730 (NCO:1316323 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 March, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Gerard John Head RAFVR 1801075 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Kenneth Craven Oswald RAFVR 1493028 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant John Raymond Bathe RAFVR 1395700 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant James George Davenport RAFVR 1337654 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Norris Mervyn Harrison RAFVR 1819564 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant J Anderson RAF [Injured]
Sources:
http://www.welney.org.uk/ww2/aircrashes/halifax/halifax-may-1944.htm
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1944 Page 186.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/douglas-dibbins.html
http://www.maneaconnect.co.uk/halifax
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 August 1941 | L9530 | 76 Sqn RAF | 2 | Ostmoor at Buxtehude, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 13 April 1942 | R9452 | 76 Sqn RAF | 0 | Humanby, 2 miles SSW of Filey, Yorkshire, England | |
unk |
| 20 May 1942 | W7660 | 76 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Marche-en-Famenne, Luxembourg |  |
w/o |
| 25 May 1944 | MZ622 | 76 Sqn RAF | 6 | 105 km W or Goirle, Noord Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2014 15:38 | gerard57 | Added |
| 17-Feb-2014 15:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 10-Jun-2016 17:18 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Apr-2020 13:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2024 06:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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