ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231652
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| Date: | Sunday 13 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LV821 |
| MSN: | ZL-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Shot down by a nightfighter and crashed into the North Sea. The body of F/S Dickinson was washed ashore at Sylt and buried at Westerland, now at Kiel War Cemetery. Other members of the crew are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Peter Hume Cronyn DFC RCAF C/24436 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Stanley Corran RAFVR 183071 [Killed] (NCO:1594299 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 26 September, 1944)
Navigator : Flying Officer John Frank Gordon Murray RCAF J/12285 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer John Bilbe RCAF J/28683 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer Robert James Burns RCAF J/35361 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Alfred John Dickinson RCAF J/89013 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Harvey Gordon Davey RCAF J/187894 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/Aug44/Aug12~1344.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=lv821
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2019 16:27 | tachel | Added |
| 28-Jul-2023 08:30 | Nepa | Updated |
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