ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228253
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| Date: | Friday 19 November 1943 |
| Time: | 21:35 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX181 |
| MSN: | ZA-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Tangmere, Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne |
Crashed into a hangar at the airfield upon returning from a bombing mission.
All seven crew members died in the crash.
1015613 F/Sgt (Pilot) Benjamin HOLDSWORTH RAFVR +
578363 Sgt (Flt. Eng.)Raymond James Harry STEEL RAF +
1390492 Sgt (Nav./B) Clive TELFER RAFVR +
1397140 Sgt (Air Bomb.) Albert James OUDINOT RAFVR +
1119224 Sgt (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Robert Vernon DOWNS RAFVR +
AUS421975 F/Sgt (Air Gnr.) John HARPER RAAF +
1338514 Sgt (Air Gnr.) Charles Edward SMITH RAFVR +
Memorials to this incident and those involved can be seen at Tangmere. See source 3 below for more information.
Sources:
1.http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?10856-Halifax-Accident-Tangmere-19-November-1943
2.https://www.spiritfm.net/news/sussex-news/2935277/memorial-event-after-wartime-plane-crash-in-west-sussex/
3.https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/89087
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 December 1941 | R9374 | 10 Sqn RAF | 1 | 80 miles S of Lizard Point |  |
w/o |
| 1 October 1942 | W7852 | 10 Sqn RAF | 5 | Eckernförde, near the torpedo experimental station; Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Aug-2019 07:05 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-May-2023 09:54 | Richard | Updated |
| 13-May-2023 05:22 | Richard | Updated |
| 22-Jun-2023 14:15 | Richard | Updated |
| 01-Dec-2023 11:01 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Operator] |
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