ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230350
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| Date: | Thursday 8 February 1945 |
| Time: | 02:50 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | NP682 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | South of Walshford -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton on Ouse |
| Wanna-Eickel Germany |
After climbing to around 500 feet the aircraft's starboard engine failed. The crew feathered the propeller on the engine and under normal conditions the aircraft would have ben able to maintain height on three engines even with a full bomb load. In this case the aircraft continued to loose height, three minutes after taking off and with the starboard wing slightly dropped it flew into a line of small trees and a hedgerow before crashing into a field near Rudding's Farm, to the south of Walshford. Upon impact the aircraft began to break up and catch fire.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer J D Wadleigh RCAF J/35182 [Injured]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer James Duncan Campbell RCAF J/94333 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer George Howard Fetherston RCAF J/94144 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Grant Alder Cahoon RCAF J/38389 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant M K Grant RCAF R/221611 [Injured]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer James Christopher Laing RCAF J/94146 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Clifford Elmer Houston RCAF J/94145 [Killed]
The service numbers for P/Os Houston, Fetherston and Laing, being one after the other, suggest that they knew each other prior to crewing-up, possibly even enlisting together. Their commissions were certainly awarded on the same day.
Sources:
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york45/np682.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Nov-2019 07:21 | tachel | Added |
| 08-Feb-2024 08:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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