ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202224
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| Date: | Monday 30 March 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1044 |
| MSN: | ZA-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hemnefjorden, Hellandsjøen -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lossiemouth (takeoff at 18:51 hrs local time) |
Attack on the German Battleship Tirpitz, moored at Fættenfjord north of Trondheim. Aircraft crashed in Asenfjorden close to the Tirpitz.
Crew
403419 Plt Off Neil Ralph Blunden RNZAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 114.
102112 Plt Off Geoffrey Cyril Day - Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery A IV British. B. 13.
1175893 Sgt William Benjamin Eastwood - Runnymede Memorial Panel 82.
575840 Sgt Reginald G.A. Richards - Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery A IV British. B. 14.
R/68080 Flt Sgt Harold Ralph Franklin RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 104.
1007103 Sgt.Kenneth Coverdale May - Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery A IV British. B. 12.
R/69157 Flt Sgt Arthur Reginald Henman RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 104
Sources:
CWGC
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/fuglan.htm]
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/blunden-neil.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 September 1942 | W7767 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 23 April 1944 | LV867 | 10 Sqn RAF | 0 | near the Kanaal van Deurne, Helenaveen, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Nov-2017 17:44 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-May-2021 19:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 21-Nov-2021 20:07 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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