ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200841
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| Date: | Friday 6 February 1942 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L9570 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | RAF Tain airfield, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Tain |
On 6 February 1942 the undercarriage of the Halifax I L9570 MP-E of 76 Sqn RAF collapsed on landing on Tain airfield, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, at 1515 hrs after a training flight. The bomber was damaged beyond repair but no injuries were reported and the only crew whose name is known is the pilot, Sgt H J Lambert.
76 Sqn was then in Scotland to participate in a series of attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz in the Trondheim area, Norway.
Sources:
"Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, vol 3: Aircraft and Crew Losses 1942", by W R Chorley. ISBN 0-904597-89-X
http://web.archive.org/web/20150512230852/http://www.raf.mod.uk:80/history/bombercommandno76squadron.cfm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Tain
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=57.811111&lon=-3.973333&z=14&m=b
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Nov-2017 19:10 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 24-Dec-2017 12:51 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2018 13:10 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Cn, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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