ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203363
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| Date: | Saturday 9 May 1942 |
| Time: | 01:21 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7674 |
| MSN: | ZA-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Rostock firing range, Mecklenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
| operation - Warnemünde, Rostock |
Coned by 11./Flak-Regiment 29, hit by 4./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 525; crashed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Neil Drummond Guthrie RAF 37399 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alec Ernest Towler RAF 570416 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Frank Harry Le Vack RAFVR 963007 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Donald Alexander Clephane RAFVR 919564 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer Francis Montagu Davis RAFVR 81395 : Commission Gazetted Friday 28 June, 1940) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Douglas Walter Hales RAFVR 117002 (NCO:964412 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 24 March, 1942) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Matthew George Killingbeck RAFVR 1378401 [Killed]
All lie at the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
CWGC
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1942 | W1037 | 10 Sqn RAF | 2 | Vicinity of Elverumgaard |  |
w/o |
| 17 June 1942 | W1155 | 10 Sqn RAF | 0 | North Sea W of Walcheren, Zeeland |  |
min |
| 25 June 1942 | W1155 | 10 Sqn RAF | 5 | Near Leeming Bar |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Dec-2017 17:08 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-May-2022 09:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2022 05:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Apr-2024 17:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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