ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201125
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| Date: | Friday 27 February 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V9986 |
| MSN: | ZA-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - |
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire (takeoff at 18:23 hrs local time) |
Floating Docks Kiel. Lost without trace. All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
Flt Sgt John Alexander RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 102.
Flt Sgt Ernest Victor Hallam Wieland - Runnymede Memorial Panel 76.
Sgt John Harold Jeffries - Runnymede Memorial Panel 86.
Sgt John Joseph Westland - Runnymede Memorial Panel 96.
Sgt William Arthur Ivor Glanville - Runnymede Memorial Panel 84.
Sgt Edward Hopkin Simmons - Runnymede Memorial Panel 93.
Sgt Clifford Francis Darwin - Runnymede Memorial Panel 81.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=V9986&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 July 1943 | DT784 | 10 Sqn RAF | 2 | Sourbrodt, Weismes, Liège |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Nov-2017 20:35 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 09-Nov-2017 20:35 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-May-2021 18:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source] |
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