ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231263
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| Date: | Monday 5 March 1945 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LW210 |
| MSN: | OW-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nunthorpe Grove, York, North Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Crashed as a result of severe icing climbing through thick cloud. The WO/AG was the only crew member who managed to bail out and suffered injuries upon impact with a wall. Six crew members died as well as five civilians as the aircraft impacted on an housing estate. A further eighteen persons were injured as a result of the crash.
The plane was on a bombing mission to Chemnitz, Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Ivor Emerson RCAF J/11482 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Walter Thomas Symes RAFVR 195926 (NCO:1850682) [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Alick Matheson Hutchison RCAF J/39872 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Thomas Marnoch Campbell RCAF J/39018 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer John Low RCAF J/91020 [Injured]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer John Neil MacDougall RCAF J/94554 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Raymond Hilton Turner RCAF J/94478 [Killed]
Also:-
Mrs Lydia Helstrip Civilian Age 80 [Killed]
Mr Richard Herbert Moll Civilian Age 67 [Killed]
Mrs Laura Thompson Civilian Age 74 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york45/lw210.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=lw210&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/emerson-ivor.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Dec-2019 10:18 | gerard57 | Added |
| 09-Dec-2019 10:21 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2019 22:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 24-Feb-2020 17:49 | Xindel XL | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 08-Aug-2021 14:37 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Nature, Source] |
| 08-Aug-2021 14:53 | tachel | Updated [Cn] |
| 08-Aug-2021 14:57 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
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