ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214203
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 August 1943 |
| Time: | 03:48 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK892 |
| MSN: | MP-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aubengue, Wimille, Pas-de-Calais -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
Coned by searchlights, hit by the 1. & 2./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 501.
Takeoff time: 22:50
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Colin Mctaggart Shannon DFC RAAF Aus/415055 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Frederick Walton RAFVR 1436208 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Geoffrey Austin Turner RAFVR 113498 [Killed] (NCO:947532 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 13 January, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Torrance Buchan RAF 655439 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer William Claude Ellis RAFVR 132386 [Killed] (NCO:1275691 Commission Gazetted : Saturday 31 October, 1942)
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Smith RAFVR 928040 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Dodson RAFVR 1129601 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK892
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 January 1942 | L9578 | 76 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England |  |
w/o |
| 17 September 1942 | R9365 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Rubrouck, département du Nord | |
w/o |
| 22 September 1943 | EB253 | 76 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Bergfeine, Damme, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 20 December 1943 | LK926 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2018 08:46 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 09-Aug-2023 07:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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