Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II LW224,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51387
 
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Date:Wednesday 22 September 1943
Time:21:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:77 Sqn RAF
Registration: LW224
MSN: KN-T
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Waddenzee SE of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Elvington
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by the 2./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 battery Schiermonnikoog and the 3./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 battery Vlieland-West, exploded and crashed.

Takeoff time: 18:55
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. J.G. Stuart 655800 RAF Runnymede Memorial 139
Flight engineer Sgt. S.F. Clarke 1586132 RAF Den Burg K 5 114 Washed up 'de Mok' 16 Oct 43
Navigator Sgt. A.S. Corlett 1019076 RAF Den Burg K 5 116 Washed up 'de Mok' 16 Oct 43
Bomb aimer Sgt. M.E. Haffenden 911279 RAF Runnymede Memorial 151
Wo ag Sgt. J. Fletcher 1092331 RAF Runnymede Memorial 149
Air gunner Sgt. C. Cobley 1080615 RAF Runnymede Memorial 145
Air gunner Sgt. D. Bruce 1818551 RAF Runnymede Memorial 144

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2890&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
17 June 1944 MZ711 77 Sqn RAF 1 target area - Sterkrade/Holten, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
20-Sep-2018 07:51 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Nov-2018 20:57 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
17-Jun-2022 11:52 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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