ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177142
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| Date: | Thursday 20 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD470 |
| MSN: | ZA-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Germany -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne |
Crashed on a bombing mission to Berlin, Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Douglas Alexander Arthur RAFVR 1425524 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald William (Ron) Branchflower RAFVR 1322104 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Donald Arthur Jackson RAF 1813132 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Donald Hubert Laraman RAF 1389080 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Leslie Dryer RAFVR 1503335 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Douglas Charles Bolton RAFVR 1867066 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Anthony John Byron Gildare RAFVR 1867645 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Arthur and Sergeant Dryer are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial; other dead are buried in the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery.
Sources:
http://lostaircraft.com/database.php?lang=en&mode=viewhistory&e=11961&changeset_id=0#
Royal air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 36.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2015 08:46 | gerard57 | Added |
| 04-Jun-2016 16:12 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2018 20:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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