ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90011
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| Date: | Friday 17 December 1943 |
| Time: | 05:45 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 161 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL120 |
| MSN: | MA-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, near Skegness -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford |
OPERATION WHEELWRIGHT 47
Crashed due to patchy cloud, rain showers and thick fog covered the ground
Crew baled out and landed safely including their pet Fox Terrier; W/O W.A.Caldwell Sgt Mottison F/S Morris Inj Sgt R.F.Philp F/S Wilson Sgt Grant Sgt Matthews Sgt Snell
Sources:
http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=7287
"We landed by moonlight" - Hugh Verity
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 August 1944 | LL388 | 161 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF | 2 | 'de Steenoven' meadow, Henriëttewaard, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Feb-2011 15:47 | ThW | Added |
| 16-Feb-2012 01:23 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2013 08:48 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2014 15:29 | Oezil | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2021 15:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Phase] |
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