ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165189
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 578 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ696 |
| MSN: | LK-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Balkholme, 4 miles NE of Goole in Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Burn |
Halifax MZ696/K: Took off from RAF Burn at 23:07 Lost in a collison with another 578 Sqn Halifax ((LK834 LK-E), it reported having occured as the Halifaxes were decending through 20,000 feet All are buried in various cemetries throughout the United Kingdom.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Maurice Charles Day RAFVR 172955 (NCO:1393305 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 April, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Smith RAFVR 1866461 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Ambrose Christopher Pugh RAFVR 1396289 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Lewis Randall Barber RAFVR 1620366 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Jack Stanley Francis Morrish RAFVR 1603335 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Kenneth Nicholson RAFVR 1594726 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Derick Arthur Roland Parham RAFVR 1853953 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.airfieldarchaeology.co.uk/balkholme.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 431.
http://www.hullandeastridingatwar.co.uk/index.php/rafsqdns/lk834mz696collision
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Apr-2014 16:07 | gerard57 | Added |
| 24-Jun-2016 14:25 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 23-Oct-2020 11:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 27-Apr-2021 16:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 21-Nov-2023 12:14 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2024 19:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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