ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166104
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 August 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1233 |
| MSN: | EY-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, Durham |
Takeoff at 21:39 hrs local time for an operation to Mainz in Germany.
The reason of the crash is unknown. On 27 September Air Gunner P/O John F. Myrick RCAF was laid to rest in Fovrfelt cemetery, Esbjerg (Denmark) together with an unknown Englishman. One of them was found drifted ashore at Aaberg Forstrand beach near Husby klit on 20 September.
Pilot: Fl/Sgt. John Fleetwood-May (1254797) RAFVR Missing
Pilot 2: Fl/Sgt. Francis Neville Thomasson (1113658) RAFVR - Missing
Nav: Fl/Sgt. Graham Henry David Higgins AUS/404484 R.A.A.F. Missing
Fl/Eng: Sgt. Leonard Kelly, 525449 RAF Missing
W/Op/Air/Gnr: P/O. John Frederick Myrick (J/9587) R.C.A.F. Killed (1)
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Jackson Osbourne Harrison 1311960 R.A.F.V.R. Missing
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Maurice James Hisley 548910 R.A.F. Missing
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/fleetwood-may-john.html
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194244.shtml
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 June 1943 | W7930 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | 'Wetering' farm, Kerkstraat, Renswoude, Utrecht |  |
w/o |
| 25 April 1944 | LV905 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | 20 KM NNE of Breda, Noord Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2014 17:23 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Jun-2015 13:34 | Next | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2020 21:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
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