ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214687
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| Date: | Friday 22 October 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DK234 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Germany -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, UK |
The plane did not return from a bombing mission to Kassel, Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Sydney Aubrey Minter RCAF R/110879 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Robert Edward Pedder RAFVR 1212081 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Ivor Schilansky RCAF J/14203 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer James Hamilton Balloch RCAF J/23131 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Edward Fairfield RAFVR 1021583 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Harold Samuel McCartney RCAF R/181387 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Alexander Mitchell RCAF R/91993 [Killed]
Sources:
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/18946-DK2341943-10-23.html
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/Oct43/Oct22~2343.html
http://www.spurensuche-owl.de/front_content.php?idart=129
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2018 10:54 | gerard57 | Added |
| 11-Oct-2018 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Mar-2024 09:43 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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