ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 169435
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| Date: | Thursday 20 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JN899 |
| MSN: | ZA-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Liebenberger Bruch -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne |
Took off from RAF Melbourne at 1636. Crashed at Gruneberg, 15 km SSE of Gransee. All were buried on 23 January at Gruneberg, since when their bodies have taken to Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Frederick Crothers RAFVR 169572 [Killed] (NCO:1339521 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 February, 1944)
2nd Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Harry Charles Eaton RAFVR 155592 [Killed] (NCO:1381611 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 September, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Thomas Roby Stones RAFVR 1174434 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Charles Mason RAFVR 1538414 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Robert Ramsay Scotland RAFVR 1341832 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Daniel Logue RAFVR 1342051 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Wallace Albert Goodfellow RAFVR 1317752 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.luftkrieg-oberhavel.de/webs/raf/r002.htm
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 36.
http://aircrewremembered.com/crothers-frederick.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 May 1942 | W1042 | 10 Sqn RAF | 3 | 3 km NW of Maarheeze, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 20 June 1942 | W1158 | 10 Sqn RAF | 0 | Maunby |  |
w/o |
| 7 September 1943 | JD364 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | Bayern | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Sep-2014 18:43 | gerard57 | Added |
| 04-Jun-2016 16:25 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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