ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231204
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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
| Time: | 23:20 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK912 |
| MSN: | MP-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1.5 km northwest of Hordorf, Oschersleben, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 20:08 hrs for an operation to Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt.
The aircraft was hit by heavy and light Flak.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Harry William Bloomfield RAFVR 1334268 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Arthur Charles Pope RAFVR 1803039 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Victor Wilfred Piedot RAFVR 1559966 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Kenneth Arthur Hicks RAFVR 1323145 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Edgar George Bird RAFVR 1585460 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Donald Ernest Pinkard RAFVR 1307767 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Anthony William McGrath RCAF R/192619 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK912
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 June 1942 | W7665 | 76 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England |  |
w/o |
| 6 September 1943 | DK223 | 76 Sqn RAF | 6 | northeast of Saarbrücken, Saarland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Dec-2019 20:13 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-Apr-2024 13:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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