ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203705
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 04:05 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1013 |
| MSN: | EY- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near March, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, Cheshire |
Takeoff at 23:28 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Germany.
Upon return, the aircraft was wrecked in a mid-air collision with a Hampden from 14 OTU. Crashed near March Cambridgeshire at 04:05 hrs.
Crew:-
Pilot:104517 Plt Off Geoffrey Charles Foers - Severely Injured.(Killed in Action 2 October 1942 Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. B. 15-18). (NCO:1282693 Commission Gazetted : Friday 19 September, 1941)
Sgt Curtiss OK
Sgt A H Warner - Injured
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:952598 Sgt George Bolton - Gateshead Fell (St John) Churchyard West side.
Flt Sgt A W H Gamble - Injured
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1059121 Sgt Alan Caie - Aberdeen (Allenvale) Cemetery Sec. A. Grave 1005.
Sources:
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W1013
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 April 1942 | R9427 | 78 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | |
w/o |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2018 20:07 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 21-Apr-2020 16:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2023 15:11 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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