ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181318
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| Date: | Saturday 2 December 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 433 (Porcupine) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ807 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Willer-sur-Thur, Freundstein -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire, UK |
Shot down by flak during a bombing raid on Hagen, Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Walter Herbert Cook RCAF J/11319 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Richard Eric Ainsworth RAFVR 3011067 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer John Edward Grant RCAF J/39333 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Robert Howard Shiells RCAF J/38422 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer John Benjamin Pittman RCAF J/43279 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant L A Mallory RCAF 265262 [Injured]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Joseph William Ash RCAF J/95203 [Killed]
Sources:
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1517
http://thewhpfamily.com/lornemallory/page8.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2015 12:09 | gerard57 | Added |
| 16-Jan-2016 20:58 | AlLah | Updated [Operator] |
| 14-Oct-2018 16:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 02-Dec-2023 07:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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