ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203019
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 April 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7663 |
| MSN: | EY-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, Co. Durham |
Location and cause of downing not known. Took off from RAF Croft, near Darlington, County Durham, with Ostend, Belgium as the target.
Crew
Pilot: 102302 Flying Officer Robert Mark Shattock (RAFVR)- killed
Flt Eng: 567168 Sgt Thomas James Naish (RAF) - killed
Nav: J/5693 Pilot Officer James Bernard Frederick Brown (RCAF) - killed
WOp:1172589 Sgt Robert Walker Watson (RAFVR) - killed
AG: 997954 Sgt Colin Reynolds Campbell (RAFVR) - killed
AG: 614665 Sgt Samuel Knapper Springham (RAF) - killed
Sources:
1. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=4875
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | W1143 | 78 Sqn RAF | 6 | Haringvliet off Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 26 July 1943 | JD330 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Beeckerwerth, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 27 September 1943 | JD416 | 78 Sqn RAF | 8 | between Eckerde - Großgoltern (Barsinghausen, Niedersachsen) | |
w/o |
| 13 June 1944 | LV820 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Bosc-Mesnil, Seine-Maritime département | |
w/o |
| 21 November 1944 | MZ810 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Spaldington (near Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England) |  |
w/o |
| 2 February 1945 | NA167 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | Friedrichsfeld, Voerde, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Dec-2017 18:07 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 16-Dec-2017 18:08 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 28-Oct-2019 22:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2022 05:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Damage] |
| 01-Dec-2023 10:11 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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