ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51018
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| Date: | Saturday 22 January 1944 |
| Time: | 04:48 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL185 |
| MSN: | MP-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea W of Walcheren, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on- Spalding Moor |
Mission : Madeburg. Took off from RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor. Crashed in the North Sea off the coast of Holland and W of Walcheren. Sgt Hughes rests in Wissenkerke (Kamperland) General Cemetery; Sgt Abrahams lies in Den burg General Cemetery on Texel, while the others are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Flt Sgt RCAF
was an American from New York City.
Crew
Sgt C Walker (KIA)
Sgt F Hughes (KIA) Wissenkerke (Kamperland) General Cemetery
Flt Sgt Sutherland RCAF (KIA) Runnymede Memorial
Sgt A Abrahams (KIA) Den Burg General Cemetery
Sgt P C Gizzi (KIA)Runnymede Memorial
Sgt K C Southward (KIA)Runnymede Memorial
Sgt G A Shield (KIA)Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3320&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 44.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 April 1942 | R9484 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Oer-Erkenschwick, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 30 May 1942 | W1065 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Gennevilliers - Hauts-de-Seine département |  |
w/o |
| 26 June 1942 | W7747 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 12 August 1943 | DK240 | 76 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Bernay, Eure | |
w/o |
| 26 November 1943 | LK903 | 76 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Erbach, Eltville am Rhein, Hessen | |
w/o |
| 15 March 1944 | LW657 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Heslach, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
| 23 June 1944 | LW620 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | 10 miles WSW of Beverley, Yorks |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Jun-2016 21:11 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2019 20:20 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
| 28-Nov-2019 21:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-Dec-2019 20:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source] |
| 15-Jun-2022 16:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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