ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208315
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| Date: | Sunday 28 March 1943 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | BB283 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | north of Saint-Nazaire or near Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Coned by searchlights and hit by Flak, crashed north of Saint-Nazaire at 22:44 or near Saint-Nazaire at 22:47.
Target: Saint-Nazaire
Call Sign: VR-O
Takeoff time: 19:40
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Robert Francis Beckett RCAF R/120117 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 May, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Charles St. Clair Foster RCAF R/70200 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Dennis Ansley RAFVR 1183277 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant William James Stonard Boyd RAFVR 1379357 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Roderic Murray McLeod RCAF R/119623 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Joseph John Goldspink RCAF R/148539 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Gerald McGrath RCAF R/99387 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aerosteles.net/stelefr-trignac-raf
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Mar-2018 17:13 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Oct-2018 15:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Mar-2022 07:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2024 08:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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