ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193854
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
| Time: | 21:00 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL229 |
| MSN: | KN-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Mézerolles, Somme (80) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington, Yorkshire, UK |
Takeoff at 18:50 hrs for an operation to railway installations at Amiens, Somme in France.
The plane fell apart midair, after being coned by searchlights and hit by Flak. Only one crew member survived.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Ronald George Spicer RAFVR 130968 (NCO:1393740 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 29 December, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Hugh McCulloch McAllister RAF 1556388 [PoW]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Douglas Arthur Cole RAFVR 1800713 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant John Albert Taylor RAFVR 1318181 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Phillip Heriot Armstrong RAFVR 1382421 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Lawrence John Pugh RCAF J/89119 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Henry Oliver Hill RAFVR 1324959 [Killed]
The six deceased crew members are buried at Mézerolles cemetery.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.somme-aviation-39-45.fr/pages-dossiers-decouverte/halifax-v-ll229-kn-z-77-sqdn-mezerolles
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=684
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 May 1943 | DT632 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Gaxel, near Vreden, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 11 August 1943 | JD167 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | Rue de Boussu, Dour, Hainaut |  |
w/o |
| 7 September 1943 | JD405 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | Kaufering, Bayern | |
w/o |
| 17 June 1944 | MZ715 | 77 Sqn RAF | 6 | Bonegraafseweg road, Ochten, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Feb-2017 15:26 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-Jan-2020 16:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2020 17:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2024 07:51 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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