ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230362
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 February 1945 |
| Time: | 12:40 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | RG347 |
| MSN: | ZL-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Leeming -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
| Mainz Germany |
Aircraft borrowed from 427 Sqn RCAF explaining particular non 429 sqn aircraft code.
Blew starboard main tyre on take off, swerved 90 degrees to runway, main undercarriage failed, aircraft momentarily lifted before smashing unto runway detonating bomb load and killing the crew instatntly except for the tail gunner, in severed empennage.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Richard McDiarmid Scott RCAF J/41118 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Frederick George Fisher RCAF R/275323 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Sidney Thomas Carson RCAF J/40896 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Kenneth Frank Whitehouse RCAF J/40342 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Angus Mackie RCAF J/94615 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Morley Junior Brewer RCAF R/212339 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant J H MacKachern RCAF [Injured]
Sources:
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/Feb45/Feb2745.html
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york45/rg347.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 June 1943 | DK191 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Bronsbergen, Zutphen, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
Images:
RAF Leeming, 3rd November 1944 Colourised by HowdiColour
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Nov-2019 17:58 | tachel | Added |
| 03-Nov-2019 07:19 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2021 09:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Photo] |
| 27-Feb-2024 09:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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