ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50539
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| Date: | Friday 28 April 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL356 |
| MSN: | NF-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea W of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Took off from RAF Tempsford on Operation Osric 59 and set course for Belguim, probably taking a northerly route as it is believed the Halifax came down in the sea off the Dutch Frisian Islands. The body of Flt Sgt Williamson RAAF rests on Terschelling in Wasterschelling General Cemetery having been found on the North side of the island on 16 June 1944. His crew have no known grave.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant George Herbert Williamson RAAF Aus/414741 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Partridge Croad RAFVR 1890979 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Herbert Dootson RAFVR 1032035 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Class II Arthur John George Barnes RCAF R/157147 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Hubert Francis Benbow RAFVR 1046454 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Eric Raymond Clayworth RAAF Aus/423063 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant James Ethelred Smythe RCAF R/190191 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1944%20sec_tcm5-7285.pdf
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 201.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/williamson-george.html
http://www.mhhv.org.au/?p=1132
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Jun-2016 15:02 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 17:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-Apr-2020 08:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Apr-2024 06:55 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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