ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206254
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| Date: | Monday 20 July 1942 |
| Time: | 01:45 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7670 |
| MSN: | MP-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Near Spittal Farm Yarm -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St.George, Durham |
| RAF Middleton St.George |
Out-bound the aircraft suffered engine trouble so the crew turned around and made for home. As they approached base the offending engine caught fire, the aircraft was reported to have flown over base at 3000 feet but was seen to be flying erratically. The order to bale out by the pilot was given and five did so successfully, the pilot and flight engineer stayed with the aircraft to try and crash-land it but at 01:45 whilst attempting a landing the aircraft crashed near Spittal Flat Farm, Yarm killing both men. Using the map reference given on a police report the crash site is close to a modern housing development and may either have been built over or is under Yarm school field.
Crew
Pilot:R/61812 WO1 Wesley Leonard Belous RCAF - Darlington West Cemetery, Co.Durham Sec. W.7J. Grave 359.
Flight Engineer:944060 Sgt Fred Hebron - Blyth (Cowpen) Cemetery Northumberland Sec. K. Cons. Grave 44.
Observer:130193 Plt Off Wilfred George Michael Rothschild
Air Gunner:778678 Sgt Jacobus Petrus "Peter" Van Lelyveld (Southern Rhodesia)
Bomb Aimer: Plt Off Atkinson.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1375837 - Sgt William Charles Bacon
Air Gunner: 1180118 Sgt Jack Davey.
Sources:
Aircraft Accidents in Yorkshire
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 August 1942 | W1016 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Missing - North Sea |  |
mis |
| 8 November 1942 | DT550 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Waddenzee near Rottumeroog, Groningen prv |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2018 14:26 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 09:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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