ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167039
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| Date: | Saturday 10 June 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ532 |
| MSN: | ZA-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Le Pont Alain, Saint-Berthevin, Mayenne département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne |
Took off from RAF Melbourne at 00:21 to bomb an airfield. Came down at St-Berthevin (Mayenne), 4 km W of Laval where all were buried in Valfleury Communal Cemetery. At 36, Sgt Peake was above the average age of operational aircrew.
Crew:-
Pilot : P/O Thomas Whyndam Henderson RAAF Aus/415981 [Killed]
F/E : Sgt Stanley William Peake RAFVR 1606629 [Killed]
Nav : F/O Norman Randall Henderson RAFVR 144341 (NCO:1800943) [Killed]
B/A : Sgt Hugh Bradbury RAFVR 1425774 [Killed]
W/Op : Sgt Philip Gaines RAFVR 1549492 [Killed]
M/U : Sgt Leslie Arthur Brotherton RAFVR 1576786 [Killed]
R/G : F/S Edward Charles Wicks RAFVR 1376921 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11284546.display/
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 269.
https://www.lincstothepast.com/BROTHERTON--Leslie-Arthur/1572251.record?pt=S
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php%3Fid%3D1319%26PHPSESSID%3De66ee60476aa17b6d345f399fc314d38&prev=search
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 March 1942 | R9371 | 10 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Lossiemouth, Lossiemouth in Moray, north-east Scotland |  |
w/o |
| 22 November 1943 | JD367 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | Seeste, Westerkappeln, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jun-2014 11:19 | gerard57 | Added |
| 03-Jun-2015 07:12 | Rata | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 15-Jun-2016 13:42 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-Jun-2021 10:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 09-Jun-2022 06:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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