ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192963
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 February 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7938 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stickgras / Delmenhorst -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton on Ouse, Yorkshire, UK |
Shot down during a bombing raid on Hamburg, Germany. All seven crew members died in the crash.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Frederick Buchanan RAFVR 108149 (NCO:785945 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 November, 1941) [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Harmon Wendellyn Laughlan RCAF R/97538 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Francis Arnold Davies RAFVR 116794 (NCO:1378614 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 June, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William James Higgs RAFVR 1318117 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Charles Milburn RAFVR 1139905 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Victor Ronald Wood RAFVR 1002202 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Aeneas Francis Macdonald RCAF R/103766 [Killed]
Sources:
http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/in-memoriam-those-air-force-pilots-crews-who-died-on-this-day-in-ww2.18267/page-47
Volker Urbansky historian and crash site researcher found parts at the crash site and eyewitnesses. v.urbansky@t-online.de
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jan-2017 12:36 | gerard57 | Added |
| 11-Aug-2018 17:14 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 12-Nov-2018 18:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Feb-2024 08:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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