ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165190
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 578 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK834 |
| MSN: | LK-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Balkholme, 4 miles NE of Goole in Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Burn |
Two RAF Halifax bomber planes were returning from ops, Bottrop in the Rhine Valley, Germany. On return, they collided and crashed killing all on board both aircraft.
Halifax LK834: Took off 22:56hrs 20 July 1944 from RAF Burn. On return to base in conditions of thick cloud and descending through 2000 feet collided with another Squadron Halifax (MZ696) both aircraft coming down at Balkholme 4 miles NE of Goole in Yorkshire.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer William Davidson RAFVR 179653 (NCO:1564459 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 05 September, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Edward Roxby RAFVR 1218669 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Eric Stanley Clarke RAFVR 1581727 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Leslie Matthewman RAFVR 1621498 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Harold James Watkins RAFVR 1234938 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Scott Barnett RAFVR 1571360 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Albert Leonard Page RAFVR 1376742 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.airfieldarchaeology.co.uk/balkholme.html
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/165189
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 September 1944 | LL584 | 578 Sqn RAF | 0 | Gierle, Antwerp |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Apr-2014 16:07 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 18:18 | tachel | Updated [Registration] |
| 23-Oct-2020 11:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 27-Apr-2021 16:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 21-Nov-2023 12:11 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2024 19:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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