ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 299410
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ924 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Smålandsfarvandet Sea south of the island of Sjælland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Full Sutton, UK |
Shot down by German Luftwaffe while laying mines close to the Danish coast. All seven crew members perished in the crash.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant John Prower Braund RAFVR 133370 [Killed] (NCO:139575 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 January, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Raymond Leslie Leforte RAFVR 1897035 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer James Ritchie RAF 55628 [Killed] (NCO:605550 Commission Gazetted : Friday 26 May, 1944)
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Arthur Wood RAFVR 154602 [Killed] (NCO:1683529 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 15 February, 1944)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Maurice Clive Eddleston RAFVR 2203360 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Dennis Sydney Watson RAFVR 1596995 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Edward Russell RAFVR 1809231 [Killed]
Sources:
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23044858.halifax-pilot-twins-paul-john-braund-died-aged-22/?ref=rss
http://www.flensted.eu.com/1945013.shtml
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2022 07:19 | gerard57 | Added |
| 26-Oct-2022 20:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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