ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202813
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| Date: | Thursday 23 April 1942 |
| Time: | 11:44 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9427 |
| MSN: | EY- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, Cheshire |
| RAF Pocklington, Yorkshire |
This Halifax was one of five being flown from 78 Squadron based at Croft to Pocklington, all had been transferred to 405 Squadron who were based at Pocklington and were to be taken on charge by them as they had begun converting to the Halifax type from flying Wellingtons. At 11:44 this aircraft crashed while trying to land in a cross wind at Pocklington and was badly damaged. The crew are believed to have escaped injury. As a result of the crash at Pocklington on 23rd April 1942 the damage was assessed as being Cat.E/FA and it was struck off charge seven days later. It must have been pretty badly damaged for it not to have been converted into an instructional airframe which would probably have been a help in converting aircrew at the time.
Crew
P/O (100577) Harold Ernest Bedford (pilot) RAFVR
It is possible that the crew of this aircraft was the same as Halifax W7669 that crashed on take of on 5 June 1942
Sources:
Aircraft Accidents in Yorkshire
Bomber Command losses of 1942
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york42/r9427.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 May 1942 | R9391 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Missing - North Sea 20km North of Juist |  |
mis |
| 4 May 1942 | W7662 | 78 Sqn RAF | 6 | Südergellersen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 31 May 1942 | W1013 | 78 Sqn RAF | 2 | near March, Cambridgeshire, England | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 2 June 1942 | R9364 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea, off Dutch coast (at 52.02N,03.51E) |  |
w/o |
| 5 June 1942 | W7669 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | RAF Croft, North Yorkshire, England | |
w/o |
| 20 June 1942 | BB200 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea SW of Danish Coast |  |
mis |
| 30 June 1942 | W1062 | 78 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF Docking, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 17 April 1943 | DT773 | 78 Sqn RAF | 1 | crashed into empty Max Eyth Lake, Stuttgart-Hofen, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
| 5 May 1943 | JB903 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 20 km SW of Harlingen or 20 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2017 12:39 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Feb-2021 20:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Damage] |
| 15-Feb-2021 20:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total occupants] |
| 01-Dec-2023 09:40 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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