ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228668
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| Date: | Monday 21 August 1944 |
| Time: | 18:20 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 415 (Swordfish) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | NA609 |
| MSN: | GU-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Birkin -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Exeter |
| RAF East Moor |
Mid air collision with Halifax MZ633 of same squadron. Entire crew perished in subsequent crash.
Crew:-
Pilot : Wing Commander John Gordon McNeill DFC RCAF J/9201 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Thomas Crerar Guthrie RAFVR 3020081 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant George Everette Steel-Davies RCAF J/22138 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Lieutenant Andrew Harold Adelbert McBain DFC RCAF J/23638 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Herbert Ronald Wilkinson Fox RCAF J/90471 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Richard Cecil Morrison RCAF R/121748 [Killed]
Pax: Airframe mechanic Sergeant Ernest Henley RCAF R/64186 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york44/mz633.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=NA609
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=MZ633
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2623705
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Sep-2019 15:25 | tachel | Added |
| 02-Sep-2019 15:02 | Anon. | Updated [Other fatalities, Source] |
| 21-Aug-2023 06:40 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Other fatalities, Source]] |
| 03-Jan-2024 22:52 | tachel | Updated [Time, Cn] |
| 03-Jan-2024 22:58 | tachel | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
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