ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239797
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Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
Time: | evening |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
Owner/operator: | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | DK196 |
MSN: | NA-Z |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Les Vertus, Saint-Aubin-sur-Scie, Seine-Maritime département -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 19:29 hrs local time for an operation against München in Germany.
Due to engine trouble over Strasbourg, the crew decided to return to England. Ultimately, the crew evacuated the aircraft; the 21-year-old pilot dying behind the controls.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant William McIntosh Brown RCAF R/128905 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Henry Gordon Brown RAF 1804454 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Peter Frederick Elko RCAF R/130822 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant James Absalom Pickup RCAF R/156743 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant James Isaac Dennis Francis RAF 1027388 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Edward Norman Bongard RCAF R/19696 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Joseph Cousineau RCAF R/126945 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 August, 1942) [PoW]
The pilot lies at the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Hautot-Sur-Mer, France (49.896208 / 1.033178)
Sources:
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3841 Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Aug-2020 20:07 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
11-Aug-2020 13:01 |
T.T.Taylor |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Operator] |
12-Aug-2020 18:49 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
03-May-2024 14:00 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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