ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232296
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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
| Time: | 20:25 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK630 |
| MSN: | MP-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | north of Hotham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire |
Flight Sergeant Eric Firth was a 21-year-old pilot with 76 Squadron from York stationed not too far from home at RAF Holme on Spalding Moor and at 20:05 hrs on January 21st 1944 he took off from here tasked with a raid on Magdeburg flying Halifax LK630 MP-D but whilst circling to gain height the aircraft began vibrating violently due to thick ice which had formed on the wings and realising that he wouldn't be able to maintain control Eric ordered the crew to bale out as he desperately struggled to climb in order to allow his six colleagues a safe descent before attempting a crash landing near Market Weighton but spiraling out of control the bomber plummeted into the ground at 20.25hrs north of the village of Hotham, East Yorkshire, with Eric discovered lifeless still strapped in his seat...
Sources:
Facebook group 'Airfields of Britain in WW2'
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK630
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 August 1941 | L9562 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | near RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England | |
w/o |
| 25 June 1942 | R9482 | 76 Sqn RAF | 5 | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England | |
w/o |
| 2 September 1942 | W1244 | 76 Sqn RAF | 1 | De Blankaart swamp, Diksmuide, West Flanders |  |
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| 20 December 1942 | DT511 | 76 Sqn RAF | 8 | near Liedern, Bocholt, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | DK166 | 76 Sqn RAF | 3 | Junkersdorf, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2020 20:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
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