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Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JD152 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lavesum, Haltern am See, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Elvington |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hit by Flak and crashed in flames.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: KN-Z
Takeoff time: 22:39
Crew:-
Pilot : F/S Francis John O'Grady RAAF Aus/411811 [Killed]
F/E : Sgt Geoffrey Herbert Garrard RAFVR 1330009 [Killed]
Nav : F/S Cecil Clarke RAFVR 1497822 [Killed]
Nav : F/O Bernard Christopher McGrath RAFVR 120663 [Killed] (NCO:1110580 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 19 May, 1942)
W/Op : Sgt Wilfred Reginald Beadsmoore RAFVR 1380112 [Killed]
M/U : Sgt William Alfred Manning RAFVR 1300611 [Killed]
R/G : Sgt Charles Basil Anderson RAFVR 955870 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD152 Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-May-2018 17:38 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
07-Nov-2018 21:08 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |