ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231785
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| Date: | Saturday 30 December 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk VII |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | NP812 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Woodridge, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
| RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk |
Hit by flak during bombing mission to Troisdorf Germany. The port wing, fuel tanks were holed, port outer and stbd outer engines were u/s. F/O E. Hancox RCAF, the navigator, and P/O G. Barnett RCAF, the bomb aimer were also injured. P/O G. Barnett RCAF, the bomb aimer, bailed out over France. The crew landed safely at Woodbridge on 2 engines. P/O G. Barnett died of his wounds.
Sources:
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/Dec44/Dec29~3044.html
http://www.belgians-remember-them.eu/crew-nam-jeme.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2019 17:10 | tachel | Added |
| 07-Aug-2020 16:28 | soucek56 | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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