ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160773
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| Date: | Friday 23 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PN380 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lissett, near Bridlington, East Yorkshire |
Handley Page Halifax III, PN380 ("NP-M") of 158 Squadron, RAF. Lost on combat operations 23-2-1945. Target: Essen. Aircraft and all seven crew missing, presumed KIA.
Pilot : F/O Clifford Wesley Hall RCAF J/36977 [Killed]
F/E : Sgt William Arthur Frost RAFVR 1474488 [Killed]
Nav : F/O Gordon Albert Hoggard RCAF J/40429 [Killed]
B/A : F/O Donald William Bateman RCAF J/40084 [Killed]
W/Op : Sgt Myrddin Sills RAFVR 1835887 [Killed]
M/U : F/S William Remington Cookson RCAF R/269387 [Killed]
R/G : F/S Wesley Grenfell Roberts RCAF R/263475 [Killed]
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/PN3801945-02-22.html
3. http://www.canadaatwar.ca/memorial/world-war-ii/148984/flight-sergeant-william-remington-cookson/
4. http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1084903
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Sep-2013 16:59 | JINX | Added |
| 06-Mar-2017 18:22 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 19:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 23-Feb-2022 11:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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