ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243752
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Date: | Sunday 19 December 1943 |
Time: | 19:25 |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | BB364 |
MSN: | NF-R |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Arlesey, Bedfordshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford, UK |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed during a container dropping exercise. The Halifax plane struck a chimney and crashed. All nine crew members perished in the crash.
Sources:
http://aircrewremembered.com/williams-hubert-gwyn.html http://www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Aircraft-lost-on-Allied-Forces-Special-Duty-Operations.pdf Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
23 December 1942 |
W7775 |
138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
6 |
IJhorsterveld, Punthorst, Overijssel |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Oct-2020 07:50 |
gerard57 |
Added |
22-Jun-2021 15:16 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source] |
04-May-2023 18:31 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source]] |
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